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>- cyclopropyl group followed by a <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.