Polyketide chain length: 2·n + 2 carbons; n=1 → C4 (acetoacetate); n=3 → C8 (tetraketide)

Layer 2 — Chemistryin the natural-product-chemistry subtree

Chain-length fingerprint: n = 1 → C4 (acetoacetate), n = 3 → C8 (tetraketide level). Canonical pins: 2·n + 2, 4, 8.

Related concepts

Explore Polyketide chain length: 2·n + 2 carbons; n=1 → C4 (acetoacetate); n=3 → C8 (tetraketide) on the interactive knowledge graph →