The molecule is an (omega-1)-hydroxy fatty acid ascaroside obtained by formal condensation of the alcoholic hydroxy group of (5R)-5-hydroxyhexanoic acid with ascarylopyranose (the alpha anomer). It is a metabolite of the nematodes Caenorhabditis elegans and Pristionchus pacificus. It has a role as a Caenorhabditis elegans metabolite. It is a monocarboxylic acid and an (omega-1)-hydroxy fatty acid ascaroside. It derives from a (5R)-5-hydroxyhexanoic acid. It is a conjugate acid of an ascr#12(1-).
(5R)-5-[(2R,3R,5R,6S)-3,5-dihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyhexanoic acid