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IN addition to ergometrinine1 which we recently described, we have now isolated from ergot a new crystalline alkaloid which is very sparingly soluble in water. It has phenolic properties and the high specific optical rotation, (c in chloroform = 1). It decomposes at about 228° with formation of a black tar, and, like ergotinine, which it superficially resembles, it is sparingly soluble in methyl alcohol. It crystallises from a number of solvents, but from aqueous acetone it crystallises particularly well in long stout prisms. It gives the typical colour reactions of the known ergot alkaloids.
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SMITH, S., TIMMIS, G. A New Alkaloid of Ergot. Nature 137, 111 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137111a0
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