Fritsch's cyclization of N-(α-veratrylveratrylidene)-aminoacetal in sulphuric acid was shown to give 1.1% of papaverine and 23% of an isomer, m.p. 164.5–165.5 °C.; hydrochloride, m.p. 212 °C. decomp., which was supposed to be 4,5-bis(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-2H-pyrrolenine, produced by an internal condensation of the acetal or the corresponding aldehyde with the reactive methylene group. A similar structure was proposed for another unidentified isomer prepared by Schlittler and Müller. Hydrogenation of Fritsch's acetal gave N-(α-veratryl-veratryl)-aminoacetal, m.p. 69.5–70 °C., which was cyclized to a base, m.p. 155.5–156 °C.; N-acetyl derivative, m.p. 203.5–204 °C., formulated as 2,3-bis(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-3-pyrroline. Substances presumed to be the intermediate aldehyde and aldol were isolated as colorless oils. Condensation of the diketone veratril with aminoacetal, followed by cyclization of the crude product, constituted a new two-step synthesis of papaveraldine in 8% yield, and the reduction of the latter to papaverine was known.Other crystalline compounds prepared incidentally and thought to be new were veratril monoanil, m.p. 172–173 °C.; α,α′-biveratrylideneaminoacetal, m.p. 101–102 °C.; a compound formulated as 2,3-bis(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-4-ethylmer-captopyrrolidine hydrochloride, m.p. 184–185 °C; from this an unidentified mercury complex, m.p. 109 °C. decomp.; 4,4′dibenzyloxy-3,3′-dimethoxy-desoxybenzoin, m.p. 141–142 °C; and its oxime, m.p. 137.5 °C.
Fritsch在
硫酸中对N-(α-芍药碱基芍药碱亚甲基)-
氨基
乙醛进行环化反应,结果显示产率为1.1%的
罂粟碱和23%的异构体,熔点为164.5–165.5°C;盐酸盐,熔点为212°C分解。这种异构体被认为是4,5-双(3,4-二
甲氧基苯基)-
2H-吡咯烯,通过
乙醛或相应醛与活性甲基的内部缩合产生。 Schlittler和Müller制备的另一种未知异构体也提出了类似的结构。Fritsch的亚甲基环化反应产生了N-(α-芍药碱基芍药碱)-
氨基
乙醛,熔点为69.5–70°C,它被环化成一种碱,熔点为155.5–156°C;N-乙酰衍
生物,熔点为203.5–204°C,被确定为2,3-双(3,4-二
甲氧基苯基)-3-
吡咯烯。假定为中间醛和醛缩合物的物质被分离为无色油状物。芍药碱的新的两步合成方法包括芍药碱基芍药碱与
氨基
乙醛的缩合,随后对粗产品进行环化反应,产率为8%。将后者还原为
罂粟碱是已知的。其他结晶化合物包括芍药碱基单
苯胺,熔点为172–173°C;α,α′-双(芍药碱基)-
氨基
乙醛,熔点为101–102°C;一种被确定为2,3-双(3,4-二
甲氧基苯基)-4-乙基巯基
吡咯啉盐酸盐的化合物,熔点为184–185°C;从中得到的未知
汞络合物,熔点为109°C分解;4,4′-二苄氧基-3,3′-二甲氧基-去氧苯酮,熔点为141–142°C;以及它的
肟,熔点为137.5°C。