It was demonstrated that the attack of Grignard reagents such as methyl-, allyl-, and 3,3-dimethoxypropyl magnesium bromides on 11,12-dehydrocytisine occurs on the α-face, to give the corresponding 11α-alkylcytisine. (−)-Camoensine and (−)-camoensidine were synthesized from (−)-cytisine via the Grignard reaction. The absolute stereochemistry of the above alkaloids was confirmed to be 7R, 9R, 11R and 6S, 7R, 9R, 11R, respectively.
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Kubo et al. (1994) studied this question.