ChEBI: 3,7-dihydroxytropolone is a cyclic ketone that is tropolone in which the hydrogens at positions 3 and 7 are substituted by hydroxy groups. It is isolated from the soil bacterium Streptomyces tropolofaciens strain K611-97. It has a role as an antineoplastic agent and a bacterial metabolite. It is a cyclic ketone, a triol, an alpha-hydroxy ketone and an enol. It is functionally related to a tropolone.
