Erogorgiaene

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Erogorgiaene is a bicyclic compound found in marine octocoral Psuedoptergorgia elisabethae. It is used as an intermediate to synthesize pseudopterosin and is made by dehydrogenizing elisabethatriene so that a benzene ring is formed.[1]

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Erogorgiaene
2D model of erogorgiaene
Names
IUPAC name
(1S,4R)-1,6-Dimethyl-4-[(2S)-6-methylhept-5-en-2-yl]-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
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  • InChI=1S/C20H30/c1-14(2)7-6-8-16(4)19-12-10-17(5)18-11-9-15(3)13-20(18)19/h7,9,11,13,16-17,19H,6,8,10,12H2,1-5H3/t16-,17-,19+/m0/s1
    Key: JWQVCYABIGUFIY-JENIJYKNSA-N
  • C[C@H]1CC[C@@H](C2=C1C=CC(=C2)C)[C@@H](C)CCC=C(C)C
Properties
C20H30
Molar mass 270.460 g·mol−1
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Research

Erogorgiaene was found to have potential as a antibiotic against mycobacterium tuberculosis.[2] However, limited natural supply and expensive chemical synthesis keeps the usage of the antiboitic very low.[3]

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