Km. Turdybekov et al., CONFORMATION OF THE ALPHA-METHYLENE-GAMMA-LACTONE RING AND VIOLATION OF GEISSMANS RULE IN SESQUITERPENE LACTONES, Mendeleev communications, (2), 1995, pp. 42-44
The dependence of the C=C-C=O group chirality on the conformation of t
he alpha-methylene-beta-lactone ring in sesquiterpene lactones has bee
n established; the known cases in which Geissman's rule is violated ar
e explained by inversion of this ring.