Cyclization and rearrangement of diterpenoids. VII. Composition of the hydrocarbon fraction of a mixture of the products of cyclization of manool and sclareol by ordinary acids

The hydrocarbon fractions of the products of the cyclization of manool and sclareol by a mixture of conc. sulfuric and formic or acetic acids have been investigated. It has been established that they contain, in addition to the ⁸/⁹-pimaradiene, ⁸(⁹)-isopimaradiene, roasadiene, and 13-epirosadiene identified previously, the tetracyclic hydrocarbons (1R, 2S, 7S, 11S, 12R, 13R)-2, 6, 6, 11, 13-pentamethyl-tetracyclo 10.2.1.0^1.10.0^2.7] pentadeca-9-ene and (1S, 2R, 11S, 12R, 1R)-2, 7, 7, 11, 15-pentamethyltetracyclo10.2.1.0^2.11.0^3.8] pentadeca(8)-ene.Institute of Chemistry of the Moldavian SSR Academy of Sciences, Kishinev. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinii, No. 5, pp. 719–721, September–October, 1988.