- Pseudopelletierine
Pseudopelletierine is an
alkaloid derived from the bark of thepomegranate tree. It is a homolog oftropinone , and can be synthesized in a manner analogous to the classical Robinson tropinone synthesis, usingglutaraldehyde (rather than succinaldehyde),acetonedicarboxylic acid , andmethylammonium chloride . [see Organic Syntheses, Coll. Vol. 4, p.816 (1963); Vol. 37, p.73 (1957) (http://www.orgsyn.org/orgsyn/orgsyn/prepContent.asp?prep=CV4P0816)]References
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