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organic compounds
The cation of the title salt, C17H28N3+.ClO4−, is built up of two quinolizidine moieties and has a trans-A/B and cis-C/D configuration. All four rings adopt chair conformations. The protonation that takes place at the N16 atom and subsequent creation of an intramolecular N+—HN hydrogen bond causes inversion of the N16 configuration compared with that of the free sparteine base. The perchlorate anion is disordered.