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Novel Biogenetic Pathways from (+)-Reticuline. Three Dimeric Alkaloids: (+)-Vanuatine, (+)-Vateamine, and (+)-Malekulatine
Bruneton, Jean,Shamma, Maurice,Minard, Robert D.,Freyer, Alan J.,Guinaudeau, Helene
, p. 3957 - 3960 (2007/10/02)
The bark of Hernandia peltata Meissner (Hernandiaceae), gathered in the Republic of Vanuatu (New Hebrides), has yielded the bis(benzylisoquinolines) (+)-vanuatine (5), (+)-vateamine (6), and (+)-malekulatine (7).These are the first-known dimers of (+)-reticuline (2).Compounds 5 and 6 are products of tail-to-tail oxidative coupling, whereas 7 involves head-to-tail coupling.
