(2α,3β,5α,6β)-1-Formyl-6-methoxyaspidofractinine-3-carboxylic acid methyl ester

Description

One of the numerous alkaloids isolated from Aspidosperma species, this base occurs in A. refractum Mart. It is laevorotatory with [α]_D - 150° (CHCI3). The ultraviolet spectrum in EtOH is typical of these imidazolidinocarbazole alkaloids with absorption maxima at 208, 253, 278 and 288 mf.1.. The original structure has recently been revised to that given above.

References

Gilbert et ai., Tetrahedron Lett., 59 (1962) Revised structure: Linde., Pharm. Acta Heiv., 45, 248 (1970)