LYCOPODIUM ALKALOIDS: PART IV. ALKALOIDS OF JAMAICAN LYCOPODIUM CLAVATUM LINN.

Abstract

Seven alkaloids have been isolated from L. clavatum Linn. collected in Jamaica, clavolonine C16H25NO2, fawcettiine C18H29NO3, base A (now named fawcettimine), lycopodine, dihydrolycopodine, and L.2 (acetyldihydrolycopodine). Fawcettimine is a secondary amine now shown to be C16H25NO2. The isolation of deacetylfawcettiine C16H27NO2 in quantity from a later extraction indicated that there was a seasonal variation in the alkaloid content of the plant. These bases differ from those obtained from L. clavatum of Canadian or European origin.