J. Zukermanschpector et al., INTERMEDIATES IN THE SYNTHESIS OF DAPHNIPHYLLUM ALKALOIDS .1. A TETRACYCLIC OXYGEN ANALOG, Acta crystallographica. Section C, Crystal structure communications, 53, 1997, pp. 1482-1483
In methyl y-8-isopropyl-5-methyl-9-oxotricyclo[9.3.00(5,10)] tetradeca
-1,7-diene-10-carboxylate, C20H25BrO4, the seven-membered ring is half
-chair shaped, the six-membered ring adopts a boat conformation and th
e five-membered rings both adopt envelope conformations. The molecule
adopts an overall hemispherical conformation.