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Ricinine is an alkaloide of Ricinus commununis posseding numerous biological properties.
Ricinidine (1-Methyl-2-oxo-1,2-dihydro-3-pyridinecarbonitrile) and new N-analogues of Ricinidine were obtained by the reaction of ethyl α-ethoxyethylidenecyanoacetate with amines. The ethyl α-ethoxyethylidenecyanoacetate was prepared from ethyl cyanoacetate. Biologically amines as tryptamine and histamine were used in order to introduced a second pharmacophore.