Rhamnose orthoacetates of aconitine and imperialine

The preparation and spectral properties of rhamnose orthoacetates of aconitine and imperialine are described.Tashkent Pharmaceutical Institute. Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 743–746, September–October, 1993.     

8-Acetylexcelsine — A new alkaloid form Aconitum kirinense

The alkaloid 8-acetylexcelsine has been isolated from the epigeal part ofAconitum kirinense Nakai. Its structure has been established with the aid of chemical transformations and spectral characteristics.Institute of Chemistry of Plant Substances Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 258–261, March–April, 1991.     

Secokaraconitine, A New Diterpenoid Alkaloid from Aconitum karacolicum

The known diterpenoid alkaloids karacoline, karakanine, songorine, napelline, 12-acetylnapelline, cammaconine, and a new 7,17-secoalkaloid of the lycoctonine type, secokaraconitine, were isolated from tubers of Aconitum karacolicum. An x-ray structure analysis of the new alkaloid was performed.     

Stereochemical features of diterpene alkaloids in acylation and alkaline hydrolysis reactions

Summary Relative difficulty of saponifying an acetoxy group at C₁ and ease of acylation of a hydroxy group in this position as compared with a hydroxy group C₁₀ has been shown for alkaloids with a lycoctonine skeleton.The anomalously easy saponification of a C₁-acetoxy group in karakolidine acetates is due to the influence of the neighboring C₁₃-hydroxy group.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 381–383, May–June, 1975.     

Alkaloids of the flora of Mongolia V. Turpelline — A new alkaloid fromAconitum turczaninowii

In the course of a further study of the alkaloids of the epigeal part of Aconitum turczaninowiia new alkaloid has been isolated, which has been named turpelline. A structure for turpelline has been proposed on the basis of a study of its IR, mass, PMR, ¹³ C NMR, and 2D COSY spectra.     

Alkaloids of Aconitum kirinense. Structure of akirine

The known alkaloid lepenine and the new diterpene alkaloid akirine have been isolated from the epigeal part ofAconitum kirinense Nakai. To establish the structure of akirine, its spectral characteristics have been studied and an x-ray structural analysis has been made. It is 1α,8β-dihydroxy-16β-methoxy-9β,14β-methylenedioxy-3β,4β-epoxy-N-ethylaconitane — the first diterpene alkaloid with a lycoctonine skeleton containing a 9,14-methylenedioxy group and a β-oriented substituent at C14.     

Alkaloids of Aconitum kirinense. Structure of akirine

The known alkaloid lepenine and the new diterpene alkaloid akirine have been isolated from the epigeal part ofAconitum kirinense Nakai. To establish the structure of akirine, its spectral characteristics have been studied and an x-ray structural analysis has been made. It is 1,8-dihydroxy-16-methoxy-9,14-methylenedioxy-3,4-epoxy-N-ethylaconitane — the first diterpene alkaloid with a lycoctonine skeleton containing a 9,14-methylenedioxy group and a -oriented substituent at C14.Institute of Chemistry of Plant Substances, Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 534–538, September–October, 1992.     

Alkaloids of the Mongolian flora. III. Altaconitine — A new alkaloid from Aconitum altaicum

Aconitine, mesaconitine, and a new alkaloid, which has been called altaconitine, have been isolated from the total alkaloids of the epigeal part ofAconitum altaicum. Altaconitine has the structure of 8-acetoxy-14-benzoyloxy-2,3,13,-15-tetrahydroxy-1,6, 16-trimethoxy-4-methoxymethy-N-ethylaconitan, which was established on the basis of a study of IR, PMR,¹³C NMR, and mass spectra and by the x-ray structural method.Institute of Chemistry, Mongolian Peoples' Republic Academy of Sciences, Ulan-Bator. Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances of the Uzbekistan Republic of Sciences, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 47–53, January–February, 1993.     

The structure of karakoline

Summary We have isolated from the tubers ofAconitum karakolicum collected in the Kirghiz SSR, Kungei Alatau range, songorine, napelline, a base with mp 159–160°C, and the new alkaloids karakoline and a base with mp 222–224°C.The results of a study of the chemical reactions and spectral characteristics of karakoline have shown that it consists of a lycoctonine skeleton with N-ethyl and C₄-methyl groups, hydroxyls at C₁, C₈, and C₁₀ and a methoxy group at C₁₅.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 199–205, March–April, 1973.