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Synthesis of Programmable Main-chain Liquid-crystalline Elastomers Using a Two-stage Thiol-acrylate Reaction
Published on: January 19, 2016
Methyl 2-(4a,8-Dimethyl-7-oxodeca-hydro-naphthalen-2-yl)acrylate
Abstract:
The title compound, C(16)H(24)O(3), was isolated from the aerial part of Inula Viscosa- (L) Aiton [or Dittrichia Viscosa- (L) Greuter]. The mol-ecule contains two fused (trans) six-membered rings which both exibit a chair conformation. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked into chains along [100] by weak C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds involving the methyl and carbonyl groups.
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