The molecule is an azaphilone that is 7,8-dihydro-6H-isochromen-6-one substituted by a chloro group at position 5, a 3,5-dimethylhepta-1,3-dien-1-yl group at position 3, a hydroxy group at position 7, a methyl group at position 7 and a 2-oxopropyl group at position 8. Isolated from Chaetomium cupreum, it exhibits antifungal activity. It has a role as an antifungal agent and a Chaetomium metabolite. It is an azaphilone, an enone, a methyl ketone, an organochlorine compound and a tertiary alpha-hydroxy ketone.
(7R,8S)-5-chloro-3-[(1E,3E,5S)-3,5-dimethylhepta-1,3-dienyl]-7-hydroxy-7-methyl-8-(2-oxopropyl)-8H-isochromen-6-one