The molecule is an enal resulting from the oxidation of the primary alcohol group of chanoclavine-I to the corresponding aldehyde. It is an enal, an organic tricyclic compound, a secondary amino compound and an ergot alkaloid. It derives from a chanoclavine-I. It is a conjugate base of a chanoclavine-I aldehyde(1+).
(E)-2-methyl-3-[(4R,5R)-4-(methylamino)-1,3,4,5-tetrahydrobenzo[cd]indol-5-yl]prop-2-enal