Chemical conversion of lycotonine into an aconitine alkaloid, 7-deoxylycoctonine
Abstract
The first chemical correlation of a lycoctonine with an aconitine alkaloid has been achieved by selective removal of the hydroxy group at C-7 in lycoctonine (1) utilizing Huang-Minlon reduction of hydroxylycoctonine (3); the crystal structure of the aconotine alkaloid (2) has been determined.