Acyl-free polyols from which the taxines are prepared by partial esterfication: Baxter et al., J. Chem. Soc. 1962, 2964. Structure of taxicin-I and -II: Eyre et al, Proc. Chem. Soc. London 1963, 271. Structure and stereochemical studies of taxicin-I and -II: Dukes et al., Tetrahedron Lett. 1965, 4765; J. Chem. Soc. C 1967, 448; Eyre et al., ibid. 452. Structure of O-cinnamoyltaxicin-II triacetate (taxinine): Kurono et al., Tetrahedron Lett. 1963, 2153; Nakanishi, Kurono, ibid. 1963, 2161; Ueda et al., ibid. 1963, 2167; Uyeo et al., J. Pharm. Soc. Jpn. 84, 762 (1964). Stereochemistry of taxinine: Kurono et al., Tetrahedron Lett. 1965, 1917; Shiro et al., Chem. Commun. 1966, 97.