The stereochemistry of the major isomer resulting from the epoxidation
of gamma-cis-himachalene has been established as 2 alpha,3 alpha:7 al
pha,8 alpha-diepoxy-gamma-cis-himachalen C15H24O2. Hence, the configur
ations of the two resulting derivatives have been deduced, The seven-m
embered ring is twist-chair shaped while the six-membered ring adopts
a 1,2-diplanar conformation.