1,4a,7-Trimethyl-7-vinyl-1,2,3,4,4a,4b,5,6,7,9,10,10a-dodecahydrophenanthrene-1-carboxylic acid

The title compound, pimaric acid, C20H30O2, was isolated from a mixture of resin acids. There are three rings in the structure. The two cyclohexane rings have classical chair conformations with trans-fused ring junctions. The cyclohexene ring appears as a semi-chair.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yu-min Wang, Yan Gu, Zhen-dong Zhao, Yu-xiang Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Union of Crystallography 2009-05-01
Series:Acta Crystallographica Section E
Online Access:http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536809013233