ABC26OR0118 · Natural Products

Subject: Organic Chemistry · Chapter: Natural Products · Topic: Biosynthesis Pathways · Exam: CSIR-NET DEC 2019 · Marks: 2 · Difficulty: Medium

Muscone is a structure

Muscone

(a)terpenoid

(b)steroid

(c)polyketide

(d)flavonoid

Answer

Answer (as printed): C

Explanation

Muscone is polyketide. Polyketides are large group of secondary metabolities which either contain alternating carbonyl groups and methylene groups (-CO, -CH2-)or are derivatives from precursors which contain alternating groups.

Explanation as extracted from the printed page; notation may be imperfect.

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