Description
A quaternary benzylisoquinoline alkaloid, this base is isolated as the crystalline
chloride from the bark of Fagara naranjillo (Griseb.) Engl., m.p. 236-7°C; [α]
29Db9
+ 123.3° (c 0.9, EtOH). The salt gives an ultraviolet spectrum having a single
absorption maximum at 284 ffi/J.. The dimethyl ether is identical with Laudano sine methyl ether and the diethyl ether forms a crystalline iodide, m.p. 91-2°C;
[α]
29Di>8 + 96.2° (c 0.85, CHCI 3).
References
Albonico, Kuck, Deulofeu., Chern. & Ind., 1580 (1964)
