Crystal structure of (Z)-Cembr-4-ene-15,19,20-triol

Abstract

The crystal structure of the title compound, CZOH3803 [compound (1) in ref.'], has been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction at 295(1) K and refined by least squares to a residual of 0.045 for 954 'observed' reflections. Crystals are monoclinic, P2', a 9.281(2), b 17.798(6), c 6.417(1) A, B 93.81(3)", Z 2. The structure determination establishes the relative configuration of the chiral centres within the 14-membered macrocyclic ring and shows the double bond to have the unusual (Z) configuration.