Who would have predicted the reactions outcome? Derivatives of the prominent alkaloid colchicine were found to react in a very surprising fashion with common reagents to afford unexpected products. The unique reactivity of tropolone ethers and their subtle interplay with adjacent functional groups have to be taken into account to solve the mechanistic puzzles.

中文翻译：

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秋水仙酮和其他秋水仙碱衍生的托酚酮的一些令人惊讶的转化

谁会预测反应结果？发现主要生物碱秋水仙碱的衍生物以非常令人惊讶的方式与常见试剂反应，得到意想不到的产物。必须考虑托酚酮醚的独特反应性及其与相邻官能团的微妙相互作用，以解决机械难题。