Cactus Alkaloids. II. Condensation of Mescaline with Formaldehyde by the Eschweiler—Clarke Reaction

The Eschweiler-Clarke reaction, a reductive methylation using formaldehyde and formic acid, was applied to mescaline, a cactus alkaloid. The reaction produced N-methylmescaline and N,N-dimethylmescaline. The products were isolated and characterized, demonstrating that this condensation method can be used to modify the mescaline molecule. The work provides a synthetic route to N-alkylated derivatives of mescaline, which are of interest for studying structure-activity relationships among cactus alkaloids.

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ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTCactus Alkaloids. II. Condensation of Mescaline with Formaldehyde by the Eschweiler—Clarke ReactionJosé A. CastrillónCite this: J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1952, 74, 2, 558–559Publication Date (Print):January 1, 1952Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 January 1952https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja01122a507https://doi.org/10.1021/ja01122a507research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views398Altmetric-Citations8LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail Other access optionsGet e-Alertsclose Get e-Alerts