Description
A further hepatotoxiC alkaloid present in Senecio kirkii Hook, S. renardi and Nardosrnia laevigata. The base has [α]
25D - 16° (c 1.89, MeOH) or[α]
15D - 6.2° (c 1.91, CHCI
3). It forms colourless plates when crystallized from either Me
2CO or AcOEt and yields a picrate, m.p. 225.5-226°C and a picrolonate, m.p. 109- 110°C. The ultraviolet spectrum shows a single absorption maximum at 219 mp.. Several crystalline salts and derivatives are known, e.g. the aurichloride, m.p. 182.5-183.5°C; platinichloride, m.p. 196-7°C (dec.); bitartrate, m.p. 201°C; reineckate, m.p. 169-171°C; picrate, m.p. 225- 225.5°C; picrolonate, m.p. 138°C and the methiodide, m.p. 194-6°C (dec.). The O-acetate occurs naturally (q.v.) in Senecio kirkii.
References
Briggs, Mangan, Russell., J. Chern. Soc., 1891 (1948)
Massagetov, Kuzovkov.,J. Gen. Chern., USSR, 23, 158 (1953)
Danilova, Konovalova., ibid, 30, 1921 (1961)
Danilova, Koretskaya, Utkin., ibid, 31, 3815 (1961)
Wunderlich., Chern. Ind., 2089 (1962)
Briggs et al., J. Chern. Soc., 2492 (1965)
