Q10 · CSIR-NET Chemistry, June 2013
Paper: CSIR-NET June 2013 · Subject: Organic Chemistry · Chapter: Natural Products · Topic: Terpenoids · Marks: 2 · Difficulty: Medium
Number of isoprene units present in lupeol is 
(a)two
(b)four
(c)six
(d)eight
Answer
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Explanation
Lupeol is a C₃₀ pentacyclic triterpene: 30/5 = six isoprene units.
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