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abietic acid

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abietic acid

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Also known as 7,13-abietadien-18-oic acid

chemical compound

Chemical data

Formula
C20H30O2
Molecular weight
302.5 g/mol
IUPAC name
(1R,4aR,4bR,10aR)-1,4a-dimethyl-7-propan-2-yl-2,3,4,4b,5,6,10,10a-octahydrophenanthrene-1-carboxylic acid
SMILES
CC(C)C1=CC2=CC[C@@H]3[C@@]([C@H]2CC1)(CCC[C@@]3(C)C(=O)O)C
InChIKey
RSWGJHLUYNHPMX-ONCXSQPRSA-N
XLogP
4.8
Polar surface area
37.3 Ų
H-bond donors
1
H-bond acceptors
2
Formal charge
0

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Encyclopedic overview

Abietic acid (also known as abietinic acid or sylvic acid) is a diterpenoid found in coniferous trees. It is supposed to exist to defend the host plant from insect attack or various wounds. Chemically, it is a complicated molecule featuring two alkene groups and a carboxylic acid within a chiral tricyclic framework. As the major component of rosin, it is commercially important. Historically speaking, it was a major component of naval stores. It is the most common of the resin acids. Another common resin acid is pimaric acid, which converts to abietic acid upon heating.

Characteristics and occurrence

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “abietic acid” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.