Although codeine occurs in low concentration in the opium poppy, most of the codeine used in medicine is prepared frommorphine (the principal component of opium) by the following reaction. Explain why selective methylation occurs at only oneOH in morphine to give codeine. Codeine is a less potent and less addictive analgesic than morphine.но.CH,0.[1 конH[2] CH3IH.CH3HHomorphineH.CH3Hocodeine

The given compound is morphine. We derive codeine from morphine by selective methylation method.

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