In the pentacyclic triterpenoid zizyberannalic acid several C--C bonds and C--C--C angles deviate by more than 3or from their expected values. The fivemembered tings A and E are in a distorted envelope conformation. The six-membered rings B, C and D are in a slightly distorted chair conformation with mean torsion angles of 55.7(6), 58.1 (6) and 55.7 (6) ° , respectively. The structure is stabilized by O--H...O hydrogen bonds in addition to van der Waals forces.
CommentThe pentacyclic triterpenoid zizyberannalic acid was isolated by Kundu and co-workers from both the bark and the roots of Zizyphus jujuba (Kundu, * Contribution No. 803.© 1993 International Union of Crystallography REGULAR STRUCTURAL PAPERS 617Barik, Mondal, Dey & Banerji, 1989). Crystals were grown at room temperature from an ethanol/acetone mixture. Several C--C bonds and C--C--C angles deviate by more than 3tr from their expected values. Similar features are also observed in fused-ring systems having bulky groups as axial substituents (Hall & Maslen, 1965; Gzella, Zaprutko, Wrzeciono & Jaskolski, 1987; Sekar, Parthasarathy, Kundu & Barik, 1992). The five-membered A and E rings are in half-chair and envelope conformations, respectively. The six-membered B, C and D rings are in a slightly distorted chair conformation. Puckering is enchanced in the region of C5 and decreased in the region of C8 in ring B. For rings C and D puckering is similarly altered near C14 and C 1 l, and C17 and C14, respectively. The structure is stabilized by hydrogen bonds O31--H1031--.O34 i [2.832 (7)
ExperimentalCrystal data
REGULAR STRUCTURAL PAPERSC4----C5 1.545 (9) C15--C16 1.542 (9) C4--CY231.536 (6) C16--C17 1.526 (10) C4--C241.520 (10) C17----C18 1.559 (7) C5---C61.499 (7) C17---C22 1.540 (9) C5-----CI01.535 (9) C17---C28 1.517 (8) C6----C71.548 (9) C18--C19 1.548 (9) C'/----C81.550 (9) C19---C20 1.492 (7) C8--C91.570 (7) C19--C'21 1.553 (11) C8-----C141.590 (7) C20----C29 1.379 (16) C8----C261.546 (8) C20---C30 1.427 (14) C9----C101.559 (8) C21----C22 1.531 (10) C9---C111.529 (9) C28---O33 1.324 (7) C10----C251.553 (8) C28---O34 1.205 (8)58.4 (6) C22--C17--C18--C19 -44.6 (6)