(1S,3R,8R,9S,11R)-2,2,10,10-Tetra­chloro-3,7,7,11-tetra­methyl­tetra­cyclo­[6.5.0.0^1,3.0^9,11]trideca­ne

The title compound, C₁₇H₂₄Cl₄, was synthesized from β-himachalene (3,5,5,9-tetra­methyl-2,4a,5,6,7,8-hexa­hydro-1H-benzocyclo­heptene), which was isolated from the essential oil of the Atlas cedar (Cedrus Atlantica). The mol­ecule is built up from fused six- and seven-membered rings and two three-membered rings from the reaction of β-himachalene with dichloro­carbene. The six-membered ring shows a chair conformation, whereas the seven-membered ring displays a boat conformation.

(1S,3R,8R,9R,10S)-2,2-Dibromo-3,7,7,10-tetra­methyl-9β,10β-ep­oxy-3,7,7,10-tetra­methyl­tricyclo­[6.4.0.0^1,3]dodeca­ne

The title compound, C₁₆H₂₄Br₂O, was synthesized from β-himachalene (3,5,5,9-tetra­methyl-2,4a,5,6,7,8-hexa­hydro-1H-benzocyclo­heptene), which was isolated from the essential oil of the Atlas cedar (Cedrus atlantica). The mol­ecule contains fused six- and seven-membered rings, each linked to a three-membered ring. The six-membered ring has a half-chair conformation, while the seven-membered ring displays a chair conformation. The dihedral angle between the mean planes through the six- and seven-membered rings is 39.55 (12)°. The two three-membered rings, linked to the six- and seven-membered rings, are nearly perpendicular to the six-membered ring, making dihedral angles of 78.6 (2) and 80.5 (2)°, respectively. The absolute structure was established unambiguously from anomalous dispersion effects. In the crystal, each mol­ecule is linked to its symmetry-equivalent partner by C—H...O hydrogen bonds, forming zigzag chains parallel to [100].

2,2-Dichloro-3,7,7,11-tetra­methyl-10-aza­tetra­cyclo­[6.5.0.0^1,3.0^9,11]trideca­ne

The title compound, C₁₆H₂₅Cl₂N, was synthesized from β-himachalene (3,5,5,9-tetra­methyl-2,4a,5,6,7,8-hexa­hydro-1H-benzocyclo­heptene), which was isolated from the essential oil of the Atlas cedar (Cedrus Atlantica). The mol­ecule is built up from fused six- and seven-membered rings linked to two three-membered rings. The six-membered ring shows a half-chair conformation, whereas the seven-membered ring displays a boat conformation. The dihedral angle between the mean planes through the six- and seven-membered rings is 59.8 (2)°. The two three-membered rings lie to one side and each is nearly perpendicular to the six-membered ring, forming dihedral angles of 83.2 (2) and 86.0 (2)°. The absolute structure was established unambiguously from anomalous dispersion effects. No specific inter­molecular inter­actions are noted in the crystal structure.

(1S,3R,8R,9S,11R)-2,2-Di­bromo-10,10-di­chloro-3,7,7,11-tetra­methyl­tetra­cyclo­[6.5.0.0^1,3.0^9,11]trideca­ne

The title compound, C₁₇H₂₄Br₂Cl₂, was synthesized from β-himachalene (3,5,5,9-tetra­methyl-2,4a,5,6,7,8-hexa­hydro-1H-benzo­cyclo­heptene), which was isolated from the essential oil of the Atlas cedar (Cedrus Atlantica). The mol­ecule contains fused six-, seven- and two three-membered rings. The six-membered ring has a half-chair conformation, while the seven-membered ring displays a boat conformation. The absolute structure was unambiguously established from anomalous dispersion effects. The crystal packing exhibits no short inter­molecular contacts.

(1S,3R,8R,9S,11R)-10,10-Di­bromo-2,2-di­chloro-3,7,7,11-tetra­methyl­tetra­cyclo­[6.5.0.0^1,3.0^9,11]trideca­ne

The title compound, C₁₇H₂₄Br₂Cl₂, was synthesized from β-himachalene (3,5,5,9-tetra­methyl-2,4a,5,6,7,8-hexa­hydro-1H-benzo­cyclo­heptene), which was isolated from the essential oil of the Atlas cedar (Cedrus Atlantica). The asymmetric unit contains two independent mol­ecules. Each mol­ecule is built up from fused six-, seven- and two three-membered rings. In both mol­ecules, the six-membered ring has a half-chair conformation, whereas the seven-membered ring displays a boat conformation. No specific inter­molecular inter­actions are noted in the crystal packing.

(1S,3R,8R)-2,2-Di­chloro-3,7,7,10-tetra­methyl­tri­cyclo­[6.4.0.0^1,3]dodec-9-en-11-one

The title compound, C₁₆H₂₂Cl₂O, was synthesized from β-himachalene (3,5,5,9-tetra­methyl-2,4a,5,6,7,8-hexa­hydro-1H-benzo­cyclo­heptene), which was isolated from the essential oil of the Atlas cedar (Cedrus Atlantica). The mol­ecule is built up from fused six- and seven-membered rings and an additional three-membered ring arising from the reaction of himachalene with di­chloro­carbene. The six-membered ring has an envelope conformation, with the C atom belonging to the three-membered ring forming the flap, whereas the seven-membered ring displays a screw-boat conformation; the dihedral angle between the rings (all atoms) is 59.65 (14)°.

(1S,3S,8R,9S,11R)-10,10-Di­chloro-3,7,7,11-tetra­methyl­tetra­cyclo[6.5.0.0^1,3.0^9,11]trideca­ne

The title compound, C₁₇H₂₆Cl₂, was synthesized from β-himachalene (3,5,5,9-tetra­methyl-2,4a,5,6,7,8-hexa­hydro-1H-benzo­cyclo­heptene), which was isolated from the essential oil of the Atlas cedar (Cedrus Atlantica). The asymmetric unit contains two independent mol­ecules with similar conformations. Each mol­ecule is built up from fused six- and seven-membered rings and two three-membered rings from the reaction of β-himachalene with di­chloro­carbene. In both mol­ecules, the six-membered ring has a half-chair conformation, whereas the seven-membered ring displays a boat conformation. The absolute configuration was established from anomalous dispersion effects.

(1S,2R,7R,8S,10R)-9,9-Di­bromo-2,6,6,10-tetra­methyl-1α,2α-ep­oxy­tri­cyclo­[5.5.0.0^8,10]dodeca­ne

The title compound, C₁₆H₂₄Br₂O, was synthesized from the reaction of β-himachalene (3,5,5,9-tetra­methyl-2,4a,5,6,7,8-hexa­hydro-1H-benzo­cyclo­heptene), which was isolated from Atlas cedar (Cedrus atlantica) essential oil, after reaction with di­bromo­carbene. The asymmetric unit contains two independent mol­ecules with similar conformations. Each mol­ecule is built up from fused six-and seven-membered rings and two three-membered rings. In both mol­ecules, the six-membered ring has an envelope conformation with the flap provided by the C atom of the ep­oxy ring, whereas the seven-membered ring displays a chair conformation. The crystal packing is governed only by van der Waals inter­actions. The absolute configuration was established from anomalous dispersion effects.

(1S,3S,8R,9S,11R)-10,10-Di­bromo-3,7,7,11-tetra­methyl­tetra­cyclo­[6.5.0.0^1,3.0^9,11]trideca­ne

The title compound, C₁₇H₂₆Br₂, was synthesized from β-himachalene (3,5,5,9-tetra­methyl-2,4a,5,6,7,8-hexa­hydro-1H-benzo­cyclo­heptene), which was isolated from the essential oil of the Atlas cedar (Cedrus Atlantica). The asymmetric unit contains two independent mol­ecules with similar conformations. Each mol­ecule is built up from fused six- and seven-membered rings and two appended three-membered rings. In both mol­ecules, the six-membered ring has a screw boat conformation, whereas the seven-membered ring displays a boat conformation. No specific inter­molecular inter­actions were discerned in the crystal packing.

(1S,3R,8R,11S)-11-Bromo-10-bromo­methyl-2,2-di­chloro-3,7,7-tri­methyl­tricyclo­[6.4.0.0^1,3]dodec-9-ene

The title compound, C₁₆H₂₂Br₂Cl₂, was synthesized from β-him­achalene (3,5,5,9-tetra­methyl-2,4a,5,6,7,8-hexa­hydro-1H-benzo­cyclo­heptene), which was isolated from the essential oil of the Atlas cedar (Cedrus Atlantica). The mol­ecule is built up from fused six- and seven-membered rings and an appended three-membered ring. The six-membered ring has a half-chair conformation, whereas the seven-membered ring displays a chair conformation. The dihedral angle between the two best plane through each ring is 59.5 (2)°. No specific inter­molecular inter­actions were discerned in the crystal packing.

1,10,10-Trimethyl-5-phenyl-3-oxa-4-aza­tri­cyclo­[5.2.1.0^2,6]dec-4-en-2-ol

The title compound, C₁₇H₂₁NO₂, was synthesized by the reaction of (1R)-(+)-3-benzyl­camphor and hydroxyl­amine. The oxazole ring makes a dihedral angle of 23.42 (16)° with the phenyl ring. The six-membered ring of the norboryl group adopts a boat conformation, whereas each of the five-membered rings of the norboryl group displays a flattened envelope conformation, with the C atom carrying the methyl groups representing the flap for both rings. In the crystal, mol­ecules are linked into zigzag chains propagating along the b axis by O—H...N hydrogen bonds.

(1S,3S,8R,10R,11R)-3,7,7,10-Tetra­methyl­tri­cyclo­[6.4.0.0^1,3]dodecan-11-ol

The title compound, C₁₆H₂₈O, was synthesized by three steps from β-himachalene (3,5,5,9-tetra­methyl-2,4a,5,6,7,8-hexa­hydro-1H-benzo­cyclo­heptene), which was isolated from the essential oil of the Atlas cedar (Cedrus atlantica). The mol­ecule is built up from fused six- and seven-membered rings and an appended three-membered ring. The six-membered ring has twist-boat conformation, whereas the seven-membered ring displays a chair conformation. In the crystal, mol­ecules are linked into chains propagating along the a-axis direction by O—H...O hydrogen bonds.

(1R,4R,6S,7S)-5,5-Di­chloro-1,4,8,8-tetra­methyl­tri­cyclo­[5.4.1^1,7.0^4,6]dodecan-12-one

The title compound, C₁₆H₂₄Cl₂O, was synthesized in three steps from β-himachalene (3,5,5,9-tetra­methyl-2,4a,5,6,7,8-hexa­hydro-1H-benzo­cyclo­heptene), which was isolated from essential oil of the Atlas cedar (cedrus atlantica). The asymmetric unit contains two independent mol­ecules with similar conformations. Each mol­ecule is built up from two fused seven-membered rings and an additional three-membered ring arising from the reaction of himachalene with di­chloro­carbene. The dihedral angles between the mean planes of the two seven-membered rings are 75.03 (9) and 75.02 (9)° in the two independent mol­ecules.

(1S,3R,8R,10R)-2,2-Di­bromo-3,7,7,10-tetra­methyl­tri­cyclo­[6.4.0.0^1,3]dodecan-9-one

The title compound, C₁₆H₂₄Br₂O was synthesized by three steps from β-himachalene (3,5,5,9-tetra­methyl-2,4a,5,6,7,8-hexa­hydro-1H-benzo­cyclo­heptene), which was isolated from essential oil of the Atlas cedar (Cedrus atlantica). The mol­ecule is built up from a seven-membered ring to which a six- and a three-membered ring are fused. The six-membered ring shows a chair conformation. One C atom in the seven-membered ring and two methyl groups attached to the ring are disordered over two sets of sites, with an occupancy ratio of 0.658 (7):0.342 (7).