Two new 13-membered macrocylic pyrrolizidine alkaloids, (13R)-13-hydro
xyretroisosenine (2b) and (12S)-12-hydroxyretroisosenine (2c), have be
en isolated from Senecio roseus and Senecio helodes. Their structures
were established il om spectral and chemical studies including 2D NMR.
The hydrochloride of retroisosenine (2a-HCl) was also isolated, and i
ts absolute configuration was determined by X-ray diffraction analysis
.