Conformational analysis of oxocane (oxacyclooctane) has been examined by molecular mechanics (MM2), variable-temperature 13C NMR, and lanthanide-induced shift (LIS)'H and 13C NMR. MM2 calculations find the BC-3 conformer and its enantiomer BC-7 to be favored, with the four next best forms and their energies relative to BC-3 being BC-1 (1.1 kcal/mol), TBC-1 (ll), BC-4 (1.5), and TCC-1 (1.6). Barriers to pseudorotational interconversion of BC ...