A steroidal alkaloid of Veratrum album, the base crystallizes as colourless prisms.
It has [α]20D - 126° (c 0.65, pyridine) and - 76.6° (c 0.58, EtOH). The sulphate
yields colourless crystals from aqueous EtOH, m.p. 250-3°C (dec.); [α]20D° -
175° (c 0.22, 75% EtOH) and the acetyl derivative forms prisms from Me2CO
with one mole of solvent. The structure has been confirmed by the total synthesis
of the alkaloid.
참고 문헌
Kutney et al., Intrasci. Chem. Rep., 4, 265 (1970)
