Open AccessIII. Contributions to the history of the opium alkaloids. Part I.—On the action of hydrobromic acid on codeia
Author(s) -
Charles Romley Alder Wright
Publication year - 1871
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9126
pISSN - 0370-1662
DOI - 10.1098/rspl.1870.0055
Subject(s) - hydrobromic acid , conjunction (astronomy) , opium , medicinal chemistry , action (physics) , chemistry , organic chemistry , political science , law , physics , quantum mechanics , astronomy
It has been shown by the late Dr. A. Matthiessen, in conjunction with the writer, that when codeia is heated with a large excess of strong hydrochloric acid the following reactions successively take place :— Codeia. C18 H21 NO3 + HCl = H2 O + C18 H20 Cl NO2 . Chlorocodide. Chlorocodide. C18 H20 Cl NO2 = CH3 Cl + C17 H17 NO2 . Apomorphia.
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