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Isolating Free Carbenes, their Mixed Dimers and Organic Radicals
Published on: April 19, 2019
ent-7alpha,18-Hydroxykaur-16-ene ethanol solvate
Anthony Linden1, F Pinar Sahin, Nurten Ezer
1Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland. alinden@oci.unizh.ch
Abstract:
The ent-kaurene diterpene in the title compound, 7-epicandicandiol ethanol solvate, C20H32O2.C2H6O, was isolated from the aerial parts of Sideritis ozturkii Aytaç & Aksoy. The molecule has the usual conformation and stereochemistry found in related ent-kaurene derivatives. The methyl-substituted ring junction has a trans arrangement and the other junction is cis. The six-membered rings have chair or slightly distorted chair conformations and the five-membered ring has an envelope conformation. Intermolecular hydrogen bonds link the 7-epicandicandiol and ethanol molecules into two-dimensional networks, part of which comprise co-operative O-H...O-H...O-H... chains.
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