Nature 186, 556 (14 May 1960); doi:10.1038/186556a0

Biosynthesis of Colchicine

A. I. SCOTT

Chemistry Department, The University, Glasgow, W.2.

OF several proposals^1–4 concerning the biogenesis of the alkaloid colchicine (5; R ₁ = R ₂ = Me), only that of Wenkert⁴ involves the intervention of an intact tropolone ring prior to formation of ring B.

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