methoxymycolate type-3 (IX)
methoxymycolate type-3 (ix)
The conjugate base of methoxymycolic acid type-3 (IX). A class of mycolic acids characterized by the presence of a proximal <i>cis</i> C=C double bond and a distal (CH-CH3)-(CHO-CH3) fragment of (<i>S</i>,<i>S</i>) stereochemistry in the meromycolic chain.