Chemistry:Gammacerane

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Gammacerane
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Names
IUPAC name
Gammacerane[1]
Systematic IUPAC name
(4aS,6aR,6bR,8aS,12aS,12bR,14aR,14bS)-4,4,6a,6b,9,9,12a,14b-Octamethyldocosahydropicene
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
2562711
ChEBI
ChemSpider
Properties
C30H52
Molar mass 412.746 g·mol−1
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

Gammacerane is a pentacyclic triterpene compound with the formula C30H52 and five six-membered rings. Its derivatives include tetrahymanol(Gammaceran-3β-ol)and so on. After millions of years of diagenesis, these derivatives became gammacerane can be used as biomarkers in petroleum to study the origin of petroleum.[2]

See also

References

  1. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (2014). Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry: IUPAC Recommendations and Preferred Names 2013. The Royal Society of Chemistry. pp. 1535. doi:10.1039/9781849733069. ISBN 978-0-85404-182-4. 
  2. "Tetrahymanol, the most likely precursor of gammacerane, occurs ubiquitously in marine sediments". Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 53 (11): 3073–3079. November 1989. doi:10.1016/0016-7037(89)90186-5. Bibcode1989GeCoA..53.3073T.