Pseudotropine (3β-tropanol, ψ-tropine, 3-pseudotropanol, or PTO) is a derivative of tropane and an isomer of tropine. Pseudotropine can be found in the Coca plant along with several other alkaloids
Synthesis In the laboratory it is made by the reduction of tropinone: According to the article, a good stereoselectivity of pseudotropine over endotropine could be achieved when employing a Meerwein–Ponndorf–Verley reduction or sodium metal in n-pentanol.
Derivatives Pudafensine Tropigline (Tigloidine, ticloidine) [533-08-4] (E)-form Produced by Physalis peruviana. Anticholinergic, anti parkinsonian drug. Convolamine Valtropine Pseudotropine benzoate (tropacocaine)
See also Pseudotropine acyltransferase Atropine Tropine Tropinone
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