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A Synthesis of iso-Pelletierine and Methyl iso-Pelletierine

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ACCORDING to Robinson's1 theory of the biogenesis of alkaloids, the piperidine (that is, coniine) group of alkaloids is derived from iso-pelletierine (I) and methyl iso-pelletierine (II), which are formed by the condensation of δ-amino- and δ-methylamino-valer-aldehydes respectively with acetoacetic acid or acetone dicarboxylic acid.

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    E. ANET, G. K. HUGHES & E. RITCHIE

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ANET, E., HUGHES, G. & RITCHIE, E. A Synthesis of iso-Pelletierine and Methyl iso-Pelletierine. Nature 164, 501 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164501a0

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