Abstract: | In the monohydrate of the title compound, (+)‐2β,4aα‐dihydroxy‐1,7‐dimethyl‐8‐oxo‐4bβ,7α‐gibbane‐1α,10β‐dicarboxylic acid‐1,4a‐lactone, C19H24O6·H2O, intermolecular hydrogen bonding progresses helically along b from carboxyl to ketone O?O = 2.694 (5) Å]. The carboxyl and lactone carbonyl groups in translationally related molecules within a helix both accept hydrogen bonds from the same water of hydration. The oxygen of this water in turn accepts a hydrogen bond from the hydroxyl group of a third screw‐related molecule in an adjacent counterdirectionally oriented helix, yielding a complex three‐dimensional hydrogen‐bonding array. Intermolecular O?H—C close contacts were found to the carboxyl and lactone carbonyls, the hydroxyl, and the water. |