3b (s-trans) 38 (s-cis) a potent agonist in its own right, has an activity significantly less than that of anatoxin a. 4 The present work was prompted by the recognition that one of the conformers of nornicotine would position the pyrrolidine nitrogen and a hydrogen-bond acceptor in the same spacial orientation as that found in the s-cis conformation (%) of anatoxin a. The H-bond acceptor of 2 (pyridine nitrogen lone pair) corresponds ...