In the title mol-ecule, C(17)H(10)BrNO(3), the mean planes of tricycle and bromo-phenyl fragments form a dihedral angle of 75.5 (1)°. In the crystal, π-π inter-actions [centroid-centroid distances = 3.556 (2) and 3.898 (8) Å] between the isoquinoline systems link mol-ecules into stacks parallel to the a axis. The crystal packing also exibits weak inter-molecular C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds.

A systematic survey of the different synthetic methodologies available for the syntheses of isoquinoline and yohimbinoid alkaloids revealed that the general approaches to these compounds involved either an A/B C — D/—i E approach or a D/E — C/B/A approach% We have now devised a novel method for the syntheses of both the isoquinoline and indole alkaloids belonging to the tetra— hydroprotoberberi...

From the quaternary alkaloidal fraction of the dried tubers of Stephania cepharantha, two new isoquinoline alkaloids, stecepharine and tetradehydroreticuline have been isolated along with the known compounds, magnoflorine, menisperine, steponine, cyclanoline, oblongine, cis-N-methylcapaurine and 2'-N-methylisotetrandrine. cis-N-Methylcapaurine (=9-O-methylstecepharine) was isolated as a natural...

Cocaine addiction is characterized by a persistently heightened susceptibility to drug relapse. For this reason, the identification of medications that prevent drug relapse is a critical goal of drug abuse research. Drug re-exposure, the onset of stressful life events, and exposure to cues previously associated with drug use have been identified as determinants of relapse in humans and have bee...

The isoquinoline alkaloids protopine, cryptopine, sinactine, stylopine, bicuculline, adlumine, parfumine, fumariline, fumarophycine, fumaritine, dihydrofumariline, parfumidine and dihydrosanguinarine have been determined and identified by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry in Fumaria agraria, F. bastardii, F. capreolata, F. sepium, F. densiflora, F. faurei, F. officinalis subsp. officinalis, ...

A novel and unexpected reaction of 2-alkynylbenzaldoximes with ketenes in the presence of silver triflate (10 mol%) under mild conditions is discovered. This reaction proceeds through 6-endo-cyclization, [3 + 2] cycloaddition, and rearrangement, leading to isoquinoline derivatives in moderate to good yields.