P. Flecker, D. Schomburg, P. Thies
1984
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Tetrahedron
Abstract
Abstract Primary iodides, obtained from didrovaltratum ( 1 ) on treatment with hydriodic acid in methanol, are transformed into seco-aldehydes 5 and 6 in a fragmentation reaction. Both aldehydes very similar to secologanine yield various condensation products with tryptamine under Pictet-Spengler conditions. The relative and absolute configuration of the crucial intermediate 4 was secured by X-ray structure analysis.