digitodina
Digitodina is a fictional heterocyclic alkaloid commonly cited in chemistry texts and speculative fiction to illustrate principles of heterocyclic nomenclature and drug-like scaffolds. The name derives from Latin digitus meaning finger and the -dina suffix typical of alkaloids in many imaginative taxonomies.
In the canonical fictional description, digitodina features a fused bicyclic core that combines an isoxazole ring
Origin and occurrence: digitodina is described as being isolated from the imaginary plant Digitaria orientalis in
Synthesis and properties: In educational contexts, synthetic routes are shown as a two-step sequence beginning with
Applications: Digitodina is used to illustrate systematic naming of heterocycles, structure–activity relationship reasoning, and as a