4-ヒドロキシ-8-チオキソシクロヘプタ[c][1,2]オキサチオール-3(8H)-オン

Thiotropocin is a thiocarbonyl compound that is 3,8-dihydrocyclohepta[c][1,2]oxathiole substituted at positions 3, 4 and 8 by oxo, hydroxy, and thiocarbonyl groups, respectively. It is an antibiotic first isolated in 1984 from the fermentation broth of Pseudomonas sp. CB104. It has a role as an antibacterial agent, a marine metabolite and a bacterial metabolite. It is an organic heterobicyclic compound, an organic hydroxy compound, an organosulfur heterocyclic compound, a thiocarbonyl compound and a thionoester. It is a tautomer of a tropodithietic acid.