Q9 · CSIR-NET Chemistry, December 2017

Paper: CSIR-NET December 2017 · Subject: Organic Chemistry · Chapter: Natural Products · Topic: Alkaloids · Marks: 2 · Difficulty: Medium

The following natural product Enterodiol is a

(a)terpene

(b)steroid

(c)lignan

(d)alkaloid

Answer

Answer: C ✓ checked by 4AB · confidence high

Explanation

Enterodiol is a dibenzylbutane lignan (two phenylpropanoid C₆–C₃ units joined at their β-carbons).

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