A phytochemical study of Senecio iodanthus and Senecio bracteatus afforded
the new pyrrolizidine alkaloid iodanthine (3) in addition to the four known
alkaloids retroisosenine (1), bulgarsenine (2), mulgediifoliine (4), and (
12S)-12-hydroxyretroisosenine (6). The structure and absolute stereochemist
ry of the new compound (3) were determined by its spectral properties and c
onfirmed by an X-ray diffraction analysis.