
%0 Journal Article
%A Hall, SR 
%A Nimgirawath, S 
%A Raston, CL 
%A Sittatrakul, A 
%A Thadaniti, S 
%A Thirasasana, N 
%A White, AH 
%T Crystal structure of zerumbone [(E,E,E)-2,6,9,9-Tetramethylcycloundeca-2,6,10-trien-1-one]
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1981/10/01
%V 34
%N 10
%P 2243-2247
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9812243
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9812243 
%X The crystal structure of zerumbone, C15H22O, extracted from the rhizomes of Zingiber zerumbet Smith, has been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction at 295(1) K and refined by least squares to a residual of 0.051 for 925 'observed' reflections. Crystals are monoclinic, space group P21/c, a 9.036(3), b 9.712(5), c 15.643(6) Å, &#946; 97.19(3)º, Z = 4. Although the molecule has no chiral centre, the presence of the three trans double bonds confers considerable distortion and rigidity on the eleven-membered ring and renders the whole molecule chiral and potentially resolvable. 
