Oligoprenyl-curcumanes and other new aromatic isoprenoids from the 1.64 billion year old Barney Creek Formation

Jochen J. Brocks; Tanja Bosak; Ann Pearson

doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2009.04.005

Oligoprenyl-curcumanes and other new aromatic isoprenoids from the 1.64 billion year old Barney Creek Formation

Jochen J. Brocks^*, Tanja Bosak, Ann Pearson

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Abstract

Carbonaceous dolomites and shales of the 1.64 billion years (Ga) old Barney Creek Formation (BCF), McArthur Basin, northern Australia contain the oldest, clearly indigenous biomarkers. We describe three new series of regularly branched aryl isoprenoids with base ions at m/z 119, 161 and 175. The m/z 119 compounds were identified as a complete series of C₁₅-C₄₀ oligoprenyl-perhydro-ar-curcumenes (oligoprenyl-curcumanes). Their likely biogenic precursors are oligoprenyl-β-curcumenes that occur in a wide range of bacterial phyla.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	795-801
Number of pages	7
Journal	Organic Geochemistry
Volume	40
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2009.04.005
Publication status	Published - Jul 2009

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Oligoprenyl-curcumanes and other new aromatic isoprenoids from the 1.64 billion year old Barney Creek Formation

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