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Planta Med 1998; 64(6): 572-574
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-957518
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Biogenetic Formation of Sarpagine/Ajmaline Type Indole Alkaloids

Mauri Lounasmaa, Pirjo Hanhinen
  • Laboratory for Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry, Technical University of Helsinki, Espoo, Finland
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01 February 2007 (online)

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Abstract

Facts, based on the measurements of the distance between C-5 and C-16, are presented to support that in the transformation of strictosidine-derived intermediates to the sarpagan and ajmalan skeletons, the bond between C-5 and C-16 has to be established before the D-ring formation.