The molecule is a hydroxamic acid anion resulting from the removal of a proton from each of the hydroxamic acid groups of desferrioxamine E. It has a role as a siderophore. It is a conjugate base of a desferrioxamine E.
1,12,23-trioxido-1,6,12,17,23,28-hexazacyclotritriacontane-2,5,13,16,24,27-hexone