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organic compounds
The stereochemistry of the major isomer, C15H24O2, resulting from the epoxidation of -trans-himachalene has been established and hence, the configurations of the resulting derivatives have been deduced. The seven-membered ring is chair shaped while the six-membered ring adopts a 1,2-diplanar conformation.