| Names | |
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| IUPAC name Gammacerane[1] | |
| Systematic IUPAC name (4aS,6aR,6bR,8aS,12aS,12bR,14aR,14bS)-4,4,6a,6b,9,9,12a,14b-Octamethyldocosahydropicene | |
| Identifiers | |
3D model (JSmol) | |
| 2562711 | |
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| Properties | |
| C30H52 | |
| Molar mass | 412.746 g·mol−1 |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in theirstandard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). | |
Gammacerane is a pentacyclictriterpene compound with the formulaC30H52 and five six-membered rings. Its derivatives includetetrahymanol(gammaceran-3β-ol)and so on. After millions of years ofdiagenesis, these derivatives became gammacerane can be used asbiomarkers inpetroleum to study the origin of petroleum.[2]
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