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hopane
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Hopane is a natural chemical compound classified as a triterpene. It forms the central core of a variety of other chemical compounds which are collectively known as hopanoids. The first compound of the hopane family to be isolated and characterised was hydroxyhopanone, found in dammar resin. The name derives from Hopea, a tree genus from which dammar is obtained.
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It sits within the topics Cyclopentanes, Hopanes and Hydrocarbons.
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Chemical data
- Formula
- C30H52
- Molecular weight
- 412.7 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- (3R,3aS,5aR,5bR,7aS,11aS,11bR,13aR,13bS)-5a,5b,8,8,11a,13b-hexamethyl-3-propan-2-yl-1,2,3,3a,4,5,6,7,7a,9,10,11,11b,12,13,13a-hexadecahydrocyclopenta[a]chrysene
- SMILES
- CC(C)[C@H]1CC[C@]2([C@H]1CC[C@@]3([C@@H]2CC[C@H]4[C@]3(CC[C@@H]5[C@@]4(CCCC5(C)C)C)C)C)C
- InChIKey
- ZRLNBWWGLOPJIC-PYQRSULMSA-N
- XLogP
- 11.5
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- hopane triterpenoid
- Mass
- 412.407
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- chemical formula
- C₃₀H₅₂
- canonical SMILES
- CC(C)C1CCC2(C1CCC3(C2CCC4C3(CCC5C4(CCCC5(C)C)C)C)C)C
- isomeric SMILES
- CC(C)[C@H]1CC[C@]2([C@H]1CC[C@@]3([C@@H]2CC[C@H]4[C@]3(CC[C@@H]5[C@@]4(CCCC5(C)C)C)C)C)C
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Encyclopedic overview
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- See also
- References
Hopane is a natural chemical compound classified as a triterpene. It forms the central core of a variety of other chemical compounds which are collectively known as hopanoids. The first compound of the hopane family to be isolated and characterised was hydroxyhopanone, found in dammar resin. The name derives from Hopea, a tree genus from which dammar is obtained.
==See also== Bacteriohopanepolyol
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