The absolute configuration was established as (S,S,S) by the R-factor
test and by careful measurement of 197 enantiomorph-sensitive Friedel
pairs of reflections. The determination also confirms the absolute ste
reochemistry of (-)-3-aminoquinuclidine, a compound used in the prepar
ation of the title material. The cyclohexane/tetrahydrofuran ring fusi
on is cis. The quinuclidine moiety has almost perfect threefold symmet
ry; the front and rear halves are twisted about this axis by 15-degree
s. Quinuclidine-N-H...Cl- and amide-N-H...Cl hydrogen bonds link screw
-dyad-related molecules along the b axis.