methoxymycolate type-2 (VIII)
methoxymycolate type-2 (viii)
The conjugate base of methoxymycolic acid type-2 (VIII). A class of mycolic acids characterized by the presence of a proximal alkenyl group with a <i>trans</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.