Viaticene A – An Unusual Tetraterpene Cuticular Lipid Isolated from the Springtail Hypogastrura viatica was written by Bello, Jan E.;Stamm, Patrick;Leinaas, Hans Petter;Schulz, Stefan. And the article was included in European Journal of Organic Chemistry in 2019.COA of Formula: C10H22O The following contents are mentioned in the article:
The cuticles of springtails are extremely wear and friction resistant, super-hydrophobic, non-fouling, and self-cleaning. As such, the chem. of the lipids covering these cuticles is of great interest as a model for biomimetic super-hydrophobic surfaces, although only few of these lipids have been structurally elucidated. Hypogastrura viatica, a surface-dwelling springtail, produces highly branched tetraterpene hydrocarbons with an unprecedented [6+2]-terpene connectivity as components of the epicuticular lipid layer. The structure of the major lipid component, viaticene A, was elucidated through isolation, spectroscopic anal., chem. derivatization, synthesis, as well as stereochem. anal. of the core unit obtained from ozonolysis of the isolated lipid. Viaticenes A and B represent a new class of irregular tetraterpenoid natural products. This study involved multiple reactions and reactants, such as 3,7-Dimethyloctan-1-ol (cas: 106-21-8COA of Formula: C10H22O).
3,7-Dimethyloctan-1-ol (cas: 106-21-8) belongs to alcohols. Similar to water, an alcohol can be pictured as having an sp3 hybridized tetrahedral oxygen atom with nonbonding pairs of electrons occupying two of the four sp3 hybrid orbitals. Secondary alcohols are easily oxidized without breaking carbon-carbon bonds only as far as the ketone stage. No further oxidation is seen except under very stringent conditions.COA of Formula: C10H22O
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