Showing chemical card for Cyclocaric acid A (CFc000230174)
Record Information
Version
1.0
Creation Date
2022-08-28 10:25:12 UTC
Update Date
2022-09-14 01:57:31 UTC
Chemfont ID
CFc000230174
Molecule Identification
Common Name
Cyclocaric acid A
Definition
1,2,8,8,15,21-hexamethyl-19-oxahexacyclo[12.10.0.0²,¹¹.0⁵,¹⁰.0¹⁵,²².0¹⁸,²¹]tetracos-11-ene-5-carboxylic acid belongs to the class of organic compounds known as triterpenoids. These are terpene molecules containing six isoprene units. 1,2,8,8,15,21-hexamethyl-19-oxahexacyclo[12.10.0.0²,¹¹.0⁵,¹⁰.0¹⁵,²².0¹⁸,²¹]tetracos-11-ene-5-carboxylic acid is an extremely weak basic (essentially neutral) compound (based on its pKa).