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THE more significant experimental facts for basing the structure of α-fagarine, one of the alkaloids isolated from Fagara coco1, were the presence of one methylimino group, two methoxyls and one dioxymethylene group, and the formation of m-methoxybenzaldehyde by oxidation2. α-Fagarine behaves as a tertiary base, since it does not react with nitrous acid and also lacks rotatory power.
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DEULOFEU, V., LABRIOLA, R. & BERINZAGHI, B. Structure of α-Fagarine. Nature 162, 694 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162694a0
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