A strychnine type alkaloid from Strychnos psilosperrna, the base yields clusters
of colourless needles from aqueous MeOH. It is dextrorotatory with [α]D+ 58°
(c 2.07, CHCI3). It yields crystalline salts and derivatives including the hydro_x0002_chloride, m.p. 330-2°C (dec.); picrate, m.p. 254°C (dec.) and the methiodide,
m.p. 335°C (dec.). Oxidation with H20 2 gives the N-oxide as colourless needles
from boiling H20, m.p. 261-3°C (dec.).
Anet, Hughes, Ritchie., Austral. J. Chern., 6,58 (1953)
Anet, Robinson., J. Chern. Soc., 2253 (I955)
Anet., Can. J. Chern., 41,883 (1963)
