... ERA 317 Faculté de Pharmacie - Université de PARIS XI 11, rue Jean-Baptiste Clément 92290 Chatenay-Malabry - France. Received 10 February 1983, Available online 6 April 2001. Abstract. A convenient new synthesis of different tobacco alkaloids, such as nicotine and anabasine is described, using as key step the SCHMIDT reaction applied to tertiary alcohols. References. ... J. Andrieux, M. Plat; jtTetrahedron, 38 (15) (1982), p. 2403. ... F. Ravenna; Il Franco Ed. ...