“…β-oplopenone ( 3 ) [ 4 ]. GC: 99%; I Rtx-1 = 1596; I Rtx-Wax = 2050; EIMS (70 e/v): 220 (4), 177 (31.6), 107 (16), 91 (20), 79 (17), 67 (14), 55 (12), 43 (100), 41 (34); IR (KBr) υ max cm -1 (CCl 4 ): 3070, 2955, 2874, 1710, 1652, 1462, 1358, 887; 1 H-NMR: δ 0.65, 0.90 (3H, 2d, J = 6.8 Hz, Me-12 and Me-13), 1.97 (3H, s, Me-15), 2.34 (1H, ddd, J = 13.4 Hz; 2.6 Hz; 4.3 Hz, H-7 β ), 2.70 (1H, ddd, J = 5.1 Hz; 12.0 Hz; 10.5 Hz, H-3), 4.66 (1H, q, J = 1.6 Hz, H-10), 4.55 (1H, q, J = 1.6 Hz, H-10’) and 1.10 (1H, dq, 13.8 Hz; J = 4.3 Hz, H-6 β ); 13 C-NMR: 27.34 (C-1), 28.48 (C-2), 56.06 (C-3), 52.08 (C-4), 49.26 (C-5), 26.55 (C-6), 35.27 (C-7), 150.86 (C-8), 51.80 (C-9), 103.52 (C-10), 29.58 (C-11), 21.93 (C-12), 15.66 (C-13), 211.71 (C-14), 28.87 (C-15).…”