The molecule is a glycerophosphoinositol that is 1-D-myo-inositol substituted at position 1 by an archaetidyl group. It is an ether lipid and a glycerophosphoinositol. It derives from a 2,3-di-O-phytanyl-sn-glycerol. It is a conjugate acid of a 1-archaetidyl-D-myo-inositol(1-).
[(2S)-2,3-bis[(3R,7R,11R)-3,7,11,15-tetramethylhexadecoxy]propyl] [(2R,3S,5R,6R)-2,3,4,5,6-pentahydroxycyclohexyl] hydrogen phosphate