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
Answer (as printed): C
Explanation
The terpene Lupeol contains 30 carbons, dividing by 5 (since each isoprene unit has 5 carbon) we get 6.
Explanation as extracted from the printed page; notation may be imperfect.
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