A pregnene alkaloid which occurs in the flowers of Funtumia elastica (Preuss)
Stapf. The base is laevorotatory, having [o:lo - 33° (c 0.90, CHCI3 ). It contains
a hydroxyl and a methylamino group and yields the N-acetyl derivative as
colourless crystals from EtOH, m.p. 237°C; [o:lo - 47° (c 1.0, CHCI 3 ) and the
O,N-diacetyl compound, also colourless crystals best obtained from AcOEt, m.p.
224°C; [o:lo - 60° (c 0.9, CHCl 3 ).
