Title:  Lycoramine 
CAS Registry Number:  21133-52-8 
CAS Name:  1,2-Dihydrogalanthamine 
Additional Names:  3,4-dihydrogalanthamine 
Molecular Formula:  C17H23NO3 
Molecular Weight:  289.37 
Percent Composition:  C 70.56%, H 8.01%, N 4.84%, O 16.59% 
Literature References:  One of the minor alkaloids of Lycoris radiata Herb., Amaryllidaceae:  Kondo, Ishiwata, Ber. 70B, 2427 (1937).  From Narcissus spp.:  Boit et al., ibid. 90, 725 2197 (1957).  Tentative structure:  Kobayashi, Uyeo, Chem. Ind. (London) 1956, 177.  Structure elucidation:  William, Rogers, Proc. Chem. Soc. London 1964, 357.  Synthesis of the naturally occurring (-)-form:  Barton, Kirby, J. Chem. Soc. 1962, 806; of the (±)-form:  N. Hazama et al., J. Chem. Soc. C 1968, 2947; Y. Misaka et al., ibid. 2954; A. G. Schultz et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 99, 8065 (1977); S. F. Martin, P. J. Garrison, J. Org. Chem. 46, 3567 (1981); 47, 1513 (1982). 
Properties:  Plates from acetone, mp 121°.  [a]D27 -98° (alcohol).  Freely sol in water; sol in alc, acetone.  Its salts hydrolyze easily. 
Melting point:  mp 121° 
Optical Rotation:  [a]D27 -98° (alcohol)   |