
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Gough, JH 
A1  - Sutherland, MD 
T1  - Terpenoid chemistry. VIII. The structure of &#948;-elemene
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1964
VL  - 17
IS  - 11
SP  - 1270
EP  - 1281
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9641270 
N2  - 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. 
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