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PREVIOUS work has shown that the alkaloid, conessine, is a ditertiary base, C24H40N2, containing three N-methyl groups and one ethylenic linkage, and our work now establishes a relationship with the growing class of steroid bases. The absence of oxygen is noteworthy ; this is uncommon in the alkaloids, and the natural occurrence of an oxygen-free steroid derivative has not been reported previously.
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HAWORTH, R., MCKENNA, J. & SINGH, N. Constitution of Conessine. Nature 162, 22 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162022a0
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