Abstract: | 3β‐Hydroxy‐7‐drimen‐12,11‐olide hemihydrate, C15H22O3·0.5H2O, (I), has two sesquiterpene molecules and one water molecule in the asymmetric unit. The OH groups of both molecules and both H atoms of the water molecule are involved in near‐linear intermolecular hydrogen bonds, having O?O distances in the range 2.632 (3)–2.791 (2) Å. 3β‐Acetoxy‐7‐drimen‐12,11‐olide, C17H24O4, (II), has its ring system in very nearly the same conformation as the two molecules of (I). |