Hypecoum leptocarpum

Leptopinine 82 possesses the 3,4-dihydro-isoquinolin-7-ol moiety without further conjugation and was isolated as yellow powder from Hypecoum leptocarpum after several extractions with hydrochloric acid so that this alkaloid was finally isolated as a chloride (Scheme 29). The formation of a mesomeric betaine from this dihydroisoquinoline derivative is unlikely because on addition of base no significant changes of the UV spectra were observed (99P339). A similar structure is Pycnarrhine Pycnarrhena longifolia), which was isolated as a hydroxide (81P323). 

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