Indole Alkaloids, XXII: Transformations of Voacristine in Boiling Glacial Acetic Acid

Authors

  • A. Goldblatt Service de Chimie Organique, Fac. Sc., Université Libre de Bruxelles, 50, Avenue F.-D.-Roosevelt, Bruxelles 5 (Belgique)
  • C. Hootele Service de Chimie Organique, Fac. Sc., Université Libre de Bruxelles, 50, Avenue F.-D.-Roosevelt, Bruxelles 5 (Belgique)
  • J. Pecher Service de Chimie Organique, Fac. Sc., Université Libre de Bruxelles, 50, Avenue F.-D.-Roosevelt, Bruxelles 5 (Belgique)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.1969.400

Abstract

Treatment of voacristine (V) by boiling glacial acetic acid led to a complex mixture, two constituents of which were shown to be desethylvoacangine (VII) and 4,20-dehydrovoacangine (VIII). A mechanism explaining the formation of these two derivatives is proposed.

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1969-11-30

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[1]
A. Goldblatt, C. Hootele, J. Pecher, Chimia 1969, 23, 400, DOI: 10.2533/chimia.1969.400.