The molecule is a polyketide that is deoxyspectinabilin in which the tetramethyldeca-tetraen-1-yl chain attached to the 4-pyranone moiety has undergone oxidation at position 1 and at the methyl group at position 3 to afford the corresponding tetrahydrofuranyl moiety. Produced by Streptomyces spectabilis, it exhibits antiviral and antimalarial activity. It has a role as a bacterial metabolite, an antiplasmodial drug, an antiviral agent and a nematicide. It is a member of 4-pyranones, a C-nitro compound, a polyketide, a member of oxolanes and a ketene acetal. It derives from a deoxyspectinabilin.
2-methoxy-3,5-dimethyl-6-[(2R,4Z)-4-[(2E,4E,6E)-2,4,6-trimethyl-7-(4-nitrophenyl)hepta-2,4,6-trienylidene]oxolan-2-yl]pyran-4-one