Aromatic hydroxylation in quinoline alkaloids. The biosynthesis of skimmianine from dictamnine, and a convenient synthesis of furanoquinoline alkaloids
Abstract
The furanoquinoline alkaloid dictamnine, synthesised by a new procedure, has been shown to be a precursor of the dioxygenated alkaloid, skimmianine, in a Skimmia species and in Choisya ternata.