“…Furthermore, in the 13 C NMR spectra, the twin-chair conformation is confirmed by the C2(4) (73.86-73.89 ppm) and C6(8) (20.59-20.72 ppm) chemical shifts in agreement with previous work [4][5][6][7][8][9]. For a boat conformation, the carbon signals would be shifted to a higher field because of the steric compressing effect due to the eclipsing between H2(4) ax À H1(5) and H6(8) ax À H1(5) hydrogen atoms.…”