Conclusions
1. The alkylation reaction of brevicarine have been studied in detail.
The structural formula I proposed for brevicarine [1-methyl-4-(4-methylaminobutyl)-β-carboline] has been confirmed by NMR and mass spectroscopy.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
I. V. Terent'eva and A. V. Borovkov, collection: Alkaloid-bearing Plants of Moldavia [in Russian], Kishinev, 41, 1960.
M. D. Mashkovskii, Medicinal Plants, supplement 1, [in Russian], Moscow, 88, 1964.
J. Spenser, Chem. Soc., 3659–3663, 1956.
I. V. Terent'eva and P. A. Vember, collection: Alkaloid-bearing Plants of Moldavia [in Russian], Kishinev, 35, 1960.
H. Budzikiewicz, C. Djerassi, and D. Williams, Interpretation of Mass Spectra of Organic Compounds [Russian translation], Moscow, 84, 91, 1966.
H. Budzikiewicz, C. Djerassi, and D. Williams, Interpretation of Mass Spectra of Organic Compounds [Russian translation], Moscow, 302–307, 1966.
P. A. Vember, I. V. Terent'eva, and G. V. Lazur'evskii, KhPS [Chemistry of Natural Compounds], 3, 249, 19 (1967).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Additional information
Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 5, No. 5, pp. 397–404, 1969
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Terent'eva, I.V., Lazur'evskii, G.V. & Shirshova, T.I. The structure of brevicarine. Chem Nat Compd 5, 330–334 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00595071
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00595071