4,4'-Dimethyldinaphtho[a,d]cycloheptane, a naturally occurring polyaromatic derivative related to triterpenoids of the serratane series.
[reaction: see text] The polyaromatic hydrocarbon 4,4'-dimethyldinaphtho[a,d]cycloheptane (1a) has been identified by NMR studies after isolation from an Oligocene sediment. The original symmetrical structure of 1a, which bears a central seven-membered ring, is closely related to higher plant triterpenoid precursor(s) of the serratane series and is believed to have been formed in the subsurface by a microbially mediated aromatization process.
Le Métayer
Pierre
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Laboratoire de Géochimie Bioorganique, UMR 7509 du CNRS, Ecole Européenne Chimie, Polymères et Matériaux, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France
Schaeffer
Philippe
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Duringer
Philippe
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Roussé
Stéphane
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Albrecht
Pierre
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D015394:Molecular Structure; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D014315:Triterpenes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification*
C509789:4,4'-dimethyldinaphtho(a,d)cycloheptane; D014315:Triterpenes; C438932:serratenediol