grasshopper ketone
grasshopper ketone
A member of the class of allenes that is cyclohexane substituted by 3-oxobut-1-en-1-ylidene, methyl, hydroxy, hydroxy, methyl and methyl groups at positions 1, 2, 2, 4, 6 and 6, respectively (the 2<i>R</i>,3<i>R</i>,4<i>S</i>-stereoisomer). It is isolated from the grasshopper, <em>Romalea microptera</em>.