(1S,7aβ,14aα)-Dodecahydro-7β,14β-methano-2H,6H-dipyrido[1,2-a:1',2'-e][1,5]diazocin-1-ol

This sparteine alkaloid was first isolated by Battandier and Malosse from Retama sphaerocarpa Boiss. and found to give colour reactions suggesting a relationship with sparteine. It has [α]²⁰_D + 46.2° (c 1.017, EtOH) and yields crystalline salts and derivatives including the hydrochloride, m.p. 272-3°C; picrate, m.p. 165- 6°C; phenylurethane, m.p. 190-1 °c and the acetyl derivative as hygroscopic crystals, m.p. about 60°C. The earlier structure as 8-hydroxysparteine has been shown to be wrong, the correct structure, established by synthesis, being 12-{3- hydroxysparteine.

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Revised structure:
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