Chinchona Alkaloid from Dendrosenecio kilimanjari subsp. cottonii
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1997-02Author
Obuya Were, Michael Benn, Raphael Munavu
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Investigation of the Tanzanian Dendrosenecio kilimanjari subsp. cottonii resulted in the isolation of the cinchona alkaloid, cinchonidine (2). Conversion of cinchonidine to deoxy-cinchonidine was achieved in high yield using zinc dust in aqueous sulphuric acid. This illustrates the first reduction of a quinoline system using these reagents.
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