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Most abundant member of a family of terpenoid hydrocarbons (botryococcenes) having the general structure C_nH_2n-10, n=30-37. Produced by the B race of Botryococcus braunii, a common green microalga that has been found in oil-rich geological deposits. Isoln from B. braunii (Kützing): J. R. Maxwell et al., Phytochemistry 7, 2157 (1968) DOI. Structure: R. E. Cox et al., J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun. 1973, 284 DOI; of various isomers: P. Metzger et al., Phytochemistry 24, 2995 (1985) DOI. Abs config: J. D. White et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 108, 5352 (1986) DOI. Total synthesis: idem et al., ibid. 110, 1624 (1988) DOI. Recovery of hydrocarbons by solvent extraction from algal cultures: J. Frenz et al., Biotechnol. Bioeng. 34, 755 (1989) DOI PubMed. Review of biosynthesis, production methods, and conversion to biofuels: A. Banerjee et al., Crit. Rev. Biotechnol. 22, 245-279 (2002) DOI PubMed.

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