
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hall, SR 
A1  - Nimgirawath, S 
A1  - Raston, CL 
A1  - Sittatrakul, A 
A1  - Thadaniti, S 
A1  - Thirasasana, N 
A1  - White, AH 
T1  - Crystal structure of zerumbone [(E,E,E)-2,6,9,9-Tetramethylcycloundeca-2,6,10-trien-1-one]
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1981
VL  - 34
IS  - 10
SP  - 2243
EP  - 2247
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9812243 
N2  - The crystal structure of zerumbone, C15H22O, extracted from the rhizomes of Zingiber zerumbet Smith, has been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction at 295(1) K and refined by least squares to a residual of 0.051 for 925 'observed' reflections. Crystals are monoclinic, space group P21/c, a 9.036(3), b 9.712(5), c 15.643(6) Å, &#946; 97.19(3)º, Z = 4. Although the molecule has no chiral centre, the presence of the three trans double bonds confers considerable distortion and rigidity on the eleven-membered ring and renders the whole molecule chiral and potentially resolvable. 
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