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IT has become generally accepted that cyclohexane compounds1 and pyranosides2 possess the chair conformation. By analogy we may assume that piperidine and its derivatives also exist in the chair conformation. Starting from this assumption, it is possible to determine the conformation of tropane alkaloids.
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BOSE, A., CHAUDHURI, D. Conformation of Tropane Alkaloids. Nature 171, 652–653 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/171652a0
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