
%0 Journal Article
%A Gough, JH 
%A Sutherland, MD 
%T Terpenoid chemistry. VIII. The structure of &#948;-elemene
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1964/11/01
%V 17
%N 11
%P 1270-1281
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9641270
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9641270 
%X The sesquiterpene &#948;-elemene, isolated from Dysoxylon frazeranum wood oil and from a gurjun balsam from Chittagong, Pakistan, is shown by spectral and degradative studies to be (±)-3-isopropenyl-1-isopropyl-4-methyl-4-vinylcyclohexene and to share with the closely related terpenoid geijerene the peculiarity of complete optical inactivity despite the presence of two asymmetric centres. 
