“…Indolactam-V (3) crystals suitable for X-ray diffraction have not been produced. The NMR studies, however, have revealed that all the teleocidins, olivoretins and indolactam-V exist in an equilibrium of the twist and sofa forms in solution (Cardellina, Marner & Moore, 1979;Endo, Shudo, Itai, Hasegawa & Sakai, 1986). It was proved that the conformational difference between teleocidins and olivoretins found in crystals was not inherent to the molecular structures but resulted from the crystalpacking forces.…”