1 Sterling Research Fellow, 1929-1930. 2 Cahn and Robinson, J. Chem. Soc., 909 (1926). 8 It is of considerable interest that the alkaloids of Sinomenium scutum, and particularly sinomenine, have been assigned consitutions closely related to morphine by Goto and by Kondo and their collaborators, cf,, eg, Ann., 470,224 (1929).
