Vm. Lynch et al., A NOVEL DIOXABICYCLO[3.3.1]NONANE, A KEY INTERMEDIATE IN THE SYNTHESIS OF ERYTHRONOLIDE-B SECO-ACID, Acta crystallographica. Section C, Crystal structure communications, 50, 1994, pp. 1467-1469
In the title compound, -4,6,8-trimethyl-2,9-dioxabicyclo[3.3.1]nonan-6
-yl 1-imidazolecarboxylate, C16H24N2O4, the 2,9-dioxabicyclo-[3.3.1]no
nane ring system assumes a double-chair conformation. Bond angles arou
nd the ring are enlarged compared to normal tetrahedral values to alle
viate some of the overcrowding which results from close intramolecular
H ... H and C ... C contacts. The N-imidazolylcarbonyloxy group is ne
arly planar with dihedral angles of 5.2 (2) and 6.0 (2)-degrees betwee
n the imidazole and carbonyl groups for molecules 1 and 2, respectivel
y.