Isolation and structures of euonymine and neoeuonymine,alkaloids from Euonymus Sieboldiana blume

Two new alkaloids, euonymine 5 and neoeuonymine 14 were isolated from Euonymus Sieboldiana Blume. The structures of euonymine and neoeuonymine were established to be 5 and 14, respectively, by chemical and spectral means: the structural features of euonymine 5 are that it is a polyhydroxyl sesquiterpene of eudesman type (euonyminol) which is esterified with evoninic acid 3 and six moles of acetic acid. Neoeuonymine 14 was converted to euonymine 5. Direct conversion of evonine 1 to euonymine 5 was also achieved.