The molecule is a carboxylic ester that is the methyl ester of (1R,2R)-2-ethyl-2,5,7-trihydroxy-4,6,11-trioxo-1,2,3,4,6,11-hexahydrotetracene-1-carboxylic acid. It has a role as a bacterial metabolite. It is a polyphenol, a tertiary alcohol, a tetracenomycin, a carbopolycyclic compound, a member of tetracenequinones, a methyl ester and a member of p-quinones. It is a conjugate acid of an aklaviketone(1-).
methyl (1R,2R)-2-ethyl-2,5,7-trihydroxy-4,6,11-trioxo-1,3-dihydrotetracene-1-carboxylate