1. Department of Chemistry, Presidency College, Madras 600 005, India;2. Department of Chemistry, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, U.S.A.
Abstract:
The alkaloidal fraction of Heliotropium ovalifolium yielded retronecine and the new pyrrolizidine alkaloid helifoline. Helifoline was formulated as 1α-angelyloxymethyl-8α-pyrrolizidine-2β,7β-diol on the basis of spectroscopic measurements and hydrolysis to the necine base which appears to be identical with croalbinecine.