The molecule is a member of the juvenile hormone family of compounds obtained by formal hydrolysis of the methyl ester group of juvenile hormone I. It is an epoxy fatty acid, a juvenile hormone, an olefinic fatty acid, a polyunsaturated fatty acid and a branched-chain fatty acid. It is a conjugate acid of a juvenile hormone I carboxylate.
(2E,6E)-7-ethyl-9-[(2R,3S)-3-ethyl-3-methyloxiran-2-yl]-3-methylnona-2,6-dienoic acid