A series of molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) were prepared in the presence of a synthetic galactoside locked in a (1,4)B boat conformation. This study demonstrates that, depending on the polymerisation technique, an organic material can selectively bind a carbohydrate in a biologically relevant boat conformation.

In the title chiral butterfly-like bicyclic lactam, C(14)H(15)NO(3), the phenyl and methyl groups are syn with respect to each other. The dihydro-pyrrrole ring adopts a boat conformation, whereas the oxazole ring has a slightly distorted boat conformation. The packing of mol-ecules in the crystal structure is stabilized by inter-molecular C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds.

In the title compound, C(15)H(23)N(3)O(4), the six-membered pyran, cyclo-hexane and trioxane rings adopt chair, chair and boat conformations, respectively, while the seven-membered rings adopt distorted boat and very distorted chair conformations. In the crystal, adjacent mol-ecules are connected by weak C-H⋯N and C-H⋯O inter-actions.

In rowing, the study of the movement of the boat and of the rower in the boat is difficult. Indeed, the shell is quite narrow and fragile and it is impossible to use the classical apparatus for physiological and biomecha­ nical analysis. For this reason, the physiological studies of rowers (cardiac and pulmonary parameters) have been more easily realised on specific and non specific ergometers ...