The title compound, C17H26Br2, was synthesized from β-himachalene (3,5,5,9-tetra-methyl-2,4a,5,6,7,8-hexa-hydro-1H-benzo-cyclo-heptene), which was isolated from the essential oil of the Atlas cedar (Cedrus Atlantica). The asymmetric unit contains two independent mol-ecules with similar conformations. Each mol-ecule is built up from fused six- and seven-membered rings and two appended three-memb...

The title heterocyclic compound, C(17)H(23)N(3)O(2)S, was synthesized from 4-(4-methyl-cyclo-hex-3-en-yl)pent-3-en-2-one, which was isolated from Cedrus atlantica essential oil. The thia-diazole ring adopts a flattened envelope conformation, with the flap sp(3)-hybridized C atom lying 0.259 (1) Å out of the plane of the other four atoms. The screw-related mol-ecules are linked into chains along...

The new title thiadiazole compound, C(14)H(21)N(3)O(2)S, was semi-synthesized starting from 1-(4-methyl-cyclo-hex-3-en-yl)ethanone, a natural product isolated from Cedrus atlantica essential oil. The stereochemistry has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The thia-diazo-line ring is roughly planar, although it may be regarded as having a half-chair conformation. The cyclo-hexeny...

Five new abietanes, three of them isolated as the corresponding acetate derivatives, i.e., 9alpha,13alpha-epidioxiabiet-8(14)-en-18-ol, 7alpha,18-diacetoxy, 9beta,13beta-epidioxiabiet-8(14)-ene, 7alpha,18-diacetoxyabiet-8(14)-en-13beta-ol, 7alpha,18-diacetoxy-13beta-methoxyabiet-8(14)-ene, and 13beta-hydroxyabiet-8(14)-en-7-one, were isolated from the neutral part of the hexane extract of the c...

A new endemic land snail species of the family Discidae, Atlantica (Canaridiscus) saproxylophaga Alonso, G. Holyoak & Yanes 2011, was recently described from La Gomera, Canary Islands (in Yanes et al. 2011). According to Rähle & Allgaier (2011) it is provisorily considered as belonging to the genus Discus. This species lives in the laurel forest and has the largest shell of all the Discidae hit...

The title compound, C16H22Cl2O, was synthesized from β-himachalene (3,5,5,9-tetra-methyl-2,4a,5,6,7,8-hexa-hydro-1H-benzo-cyclo-heptene), which was isolated from the essential oil of the Atlas cedar (Cedrus Atlantica). The mol-ecule is built up from fused six- and seven-membered rings and an additional three-membered ring arising from the reaction of himachalene with di-chloro-carbene. The six-...

The title compound, C16H24Br2O was synthesized by three steps from β-himachalene (3,5,5,9-tetra-methyl-2,4a,5,6,7,8-hexa-hydro-1H-benzo-cyclo-heptene), which was isolated from essential oil of the Atlas cedar (Cedrus atlantica). The mol-ecule is built up from a seven-membered ring to which a six- and a three-membered ring are fused. The six-membered ring shows a chair conformation. One C atom i...

Drainage rearrangements, either headwater captures or coastal paleodrainages formed when sea level was low, are often invoked to explain connectivity and isolation among fish populations. Unravelling these events is crucial for understanding the evolutionary processes that have shaped genetic diversity differentiation in freshwater fishes, which especially relevant regions with high endemism sp...

Background and Purpose: Pistacia atlantica, which belongs to the Anacardiaceae family, grows in the Zagrossian region of Iran. The aim of this study was to evaluate the antifungal properties of Pistacia atlantica and olive leaf extracts against different fungal species. Materials and Methods: In this study, we assessed the activities of olive leaf extracts and Pistacia atlantica leaf and fruit...