A quaternary alkaloid present in Thalictrum fendleri Engelm., the base is isolated
as the chloride which forms yellow crystals, sintering above 230° C. The ultra violet spectrum of this salt has absorption maxima at 231, 269 and 348 TllJ.l. The
structure is similar to that of thalidastine (q.v.).
Shamma, Greenberg, Dudock., Tetrahedron Lett., 3595 (1965)
