Structure of the bufadienolide bufotalin

Journal of the Chemical Society D: Chemical Communications Pub Date: DOI: 10.1039/C29700001566

Abstract

Mass spectral and 1H n.m.r. evidence, coupled with degradation of bufotalin to 3β-acetoxybufotalien (II), in turn prepared by total synthesis, provide unequivocal support for the assignment of structure (I) to bufotalin.

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