
%0 Journal Article
%A Johnstone, R 
%A Price, JR 
%A Todd, AR 
%T Alkaloids of the Australian Rutaceae: <I>Lunasia quercifolia</I>. I. 7-Methoxy-1-methyl-2-4-quinolone
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1958/12/01
%V 11
%N 4
%P 562-574
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9580562
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9580562 
%X Bark of Lunasia quercifolia contains c. 4-4.5 per cent. alkaloids consisting of c. 3-3.5 per cent. water-soluble bases and c. 1 per cent. tertiary bases. Three component tertiary bases have been isolated ; these are the previously described alkaloids lunacrine and lunine and an undescribed base C17H15O2N. This new base is shown by degradative processes and by synthesis to be 7-methoxy-1-methyl-2-phenyl-4-quinolone (I). The products of the action of nitric acid on the alkaloid include mono- and dinitro derivatives which undergo hydrolytic fission, giving rise to 2-methylamino-o-nitroacetophenones. 
