The molecule is a hopanoid that consists of hopan-22-ol carrying an additional methyl substituent at the 2beta-position. It has a role as a bacterial metabolite. It is a hopanoid, a tertiary alcohol and a pentacyclic triterpenoid. It derives from a hopan-22-ol.
2-[(3S,3aS,5aR,5bR,7aS,10R,11aS,11bR,13aR,13bS)-5a,5b,8,8,10,11a,13b-heptamethyl-1,2,3,3a,4,5,6,7,7a,9,10,11,11b,12,13,13a-hexadecahydrocyclopenta[a]chrysen-3-yl]propan-2-ol