“…The A series chromatography yielded, in fractions A23-A26, a 102-mg mixture of 7a-(p-toluenesulfonyl)-7-epideoxynupharidin-6-ol ( 7) and 1ß-(toluenesulfonyl)deoxynupharidin-6-ol (6), 45 mg of which was chromatographed on 15 g of Si02 (activity 2) with 100 ml of CaHa, 330 ml of 10:1 C6H6-Et20,270 ml of 8:1 C8Ha-Et20,140 ml of 6:1 C6H6-Et20, 200 ml of 3:2 C8H8-Et20, 100 ml of 1:1 C8Ha-Et20, and 50 ml of EtOH in the order given in 39 35-ml fractions (C1-C39). Combined fractions C1-C6 contained 9 mg of 6 (0.0223 mmol, 0.48%), an oil: TLC (3:2 C6H6-Et20) Rf 0.30; mp 114-118 °C; NMR 0.97 (m, 3 H, C-l CH3), 1.19 (s, 3 H, C-7 CH3), 2.45 (s, 3 H, Ar CH3), 3.67 (m, C-4 H), 3.80 (br s, OH), 4.26 (br s, 1 H, C-6 H), 6.31 (m, 1 H, 3-furyl ß H), 7.09-7.46 (ArH and 3-furyl H), 7.54 (ArH), 7.68 (ArH); ir (KBr) 2.88 (m), 6.24 (m), 6.69 (m), 6.89 (m), 6.97 (m), 7.16 (w), 7.30 (w), 7.86 (s), 8.76 (s), 11.44 (m), 12.27 (m), 12.56 (m), 12.92 µ (m); MS m/e (rel intensity) 403 (6) (M+), 385 (2), 374 (1), 248 (6), 229 (100), 228 (24), 214 (46), 200 (16), 107 (19), 96 (20), 94 (30), 91 (46), 81 (14); CD (c 0.58 mg/ml, neutral 95% EtOH, l = 0.1 dm…”