1962 Volume 10 Issue 4 Pages 338-344
The spatial vicinity of hydroxyl and methyl groups caused a remarkable downward shift for the methyl signal and this relationship was acertained by the acetylation of the hydroxyl group, causing a characteristic upward shift. This relationship might be applied to various ring systems, e.g. steroids, diterpenes, etc., predicting the spatial relation between hydroxyl and methyl groups.