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(1S,2S,6S,9S)-6-Methyl-5-oxobicyclo-[4.4.0]decane-2,9-diyl diacetate
Riina Aav1, Kristin Lippur, Margus Lopp
1Tallinn University of Technology, Department of Chemistry, Akadeemia tee 15, 12618 Tallinn, Estonia.
Abstract:
The chiral title compound, C(15)H(22)O(5), is an inter-mediate in the total synthesis of biologically active 9,11-secosterols. In the crystal, the cyclo-hexane rings are trans-fused and both adopt chair conformations. In the crystal, mol-ecules are loosely held together in a layer parallel to (100) by weak inter-molcular C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds accepted by carbonyl O atoms of the acetyl groups.
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