%0 Journal Article %T Elucidation of the stereochemistry of diterpene derivatives obtained by palladium catalyzed oxidative coupling-oxidation of camphene %A Gusevskaya Elena V. %A Silva Marcio J. da %J Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society %D 2003 %I Sociedade Brasileira de Qu¨Şmica, SBQ %X The structures of diterpene derivatives resulting from the palladium catalyzed tandem oxidative coupling-oxidation of camphene, i.e., bis(2,2-dimethyl-bicyclo[2.2.1]hept-3-ylidene)ethane and (4,4-dimethylbicyclo[3.2.1]oct-2-on-3-yl)(2,2-dimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]hept-3-ylidene)methane, were elucidated using one- and two-dimensional 1H and13C NMR techniques. Their stereochemistry was determined unambiguously by NOESY experiments. %K camphene oxidation %K palladium catalyst %K diterpene derivatives %K NMR spectroscopy %K NOESY %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-50532003000100014