Source of materialThe preparation is described in [1], Synthesized starting from a natural product.
DiscussionWe have recently described the transformation of quinine into Quincorine®. This new ß-amino alcohol contains four stereogenic centers, including the ΛΓ-chiral 5-configurated bridgehead [2], Because of its compact azabicyclic structure and its low molecular weight Quincorine® is of general interest and use [3,4], In view of the high synthetic flexibility of alkynes we prepared the corresponding (15,25,45,5Ä)-2-hy droxy methyl-5-ethynyl-1 -azabicyclo[2.2.2]octane and present its crystal structure. There is one molecule in the asymmetric unit of the acentric monoclinic cell. The figure shows three molecules which are connected by hydrogen bonds forming a chain along [010] (methylene hydrogen