“…The six-membered rings A (C1-C5 and C 1 l) and E (C4, C5, Cll, C17, N1 and C19) adopt chair conformations. These rings are slightly flattened, as observed in the structures of a chasmanine intermediate (Przybylska & Ahmed, 1980), aconitine (Codding, 1982), chasmanthinine (Parvez et al, 1998a), chasmaconitine methanol solvate (Parvez et al, 1998), 14-o-benzoyl-8-ethoxyand 14-o-benzoyl-8-methoxy-bikhaconines (Parvez et at., 1998b and 3o~-bikhaconine acetone solvate (Parvez et al, 1998c). The six-membered ring D (C8, C9 and C13-C16) has a half-chair conformation, with C14 0.895 (4) ,A, out of the plane of the remaining ring atoms [maximum deviation 0.070 (2),A,].…”