LYCOPODIUM ALKALOIDS: XV. STRUCTURE AND MASS SPECTRA OF SOME MINOR ALKALOIDS OF L. FLABELLIFORME

Abstract

Hydroxy-des-N-methyl-α-obscurine, C16H24O2N2, has been isolated from L. flabelliforme and a structure assigned to it on the basis of physical evidence. A structure is assigned to Lycopodium alkaloid L.5, which we have named flabellidine, on the basis of physical evidence and its chemical derivation from lycodine. The mass spectra of hydroxy-des-N-methyl-α-obscurine, flabellidine, and flabelline are discussed.