U. Rychlewska et al., CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF THE NATIVE SESQUITERPENE LACTONE ARCTOLIDE, Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications, 58(4), 1993, pp. 909-917
X-Ray structure analysis of the native sesquiterpenic lactone arctolid
e (I) was performed. The results gave evidence that the relative confi
guration of the hydroxy group at C(3) in the initially suggested arcto
lide formula (II) has to be corrected to beta. Related to this modific
ation. formulas of some other native lactones and derivatives which ha
d been correlated with arctolide before were also corrected.