β-Carotene

CAS: 7235-40-7

Ref. TR-C184250

Product Information

• Name: β-Carotene
• Synonyms: ß,ß-Carotene, ß-Carotene, all-trans- (8CI), (all-E)-1,1'-(3,7,12,16-Tetramethyl-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-octadecanonaene-1,18-diyl)bis[2,6,6-trimethylcyclohexene], BetaVit, Betacarotene, C.I. 40800, C.I. Food Orange 5, Carofertin, Carotaben, Caroten Base 35468, Carotene Base 80, Carotene Base 80S, Carotene Base 80SV, CoroCare, Cyclohexene, 1,1'-(3,7,12,16-tetramethyl-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-octadecanonaene-1,18-diyl)bis[2,6,6-trimethyl-, (all-E)-, Food Orange 5, KPMK, Lucaratin, Lucarotin, Lucarotin 10CWD/O, Lucarotin 20MCT, Lucarotin 30SUN, Lurotin, NSC 62794, Provatene, Provatenol, Rovimix ß-carotene, Serlabo, Solatene, all-E-ß-Carotene, all-trans-ß-Carotene, ß-Carotene, (all-E)-3,7,12,16-Tetramethyl-1,18-bis(2,6,6-trimethylcyclohex-1-enyl)octadeca-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-nonaene, (9Cis,13Cis)-Beta,Beta-Carotene, -Carotene, Beta,Beta-Carotene, CAROTENE, β-, TRANS-, Carotin, Ci 40800, Cyclohexene, 1,1'-(3,7,12,16-tetramethyl-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-octadecanonaene-1,18-diyl)bis[2,6,6-trimethyl-, (all-E)-, Kpmk, Nsc 62794, Provitanin A, Rovimix β-carotene, all-E-β-Carotene, all-trans-beta,beta-Carotene, all-trans-β-Carotene, beta, beta-all-trans-Carotene, Β,Β-Caroteno, β,β-Carotin, β-, β-CAROTENE, β-Carotene, all-trans-, β-Carotine

Description

Stability Hygroscopic, Temperature Sensitive
Applications Most important of the provitamins A. Widely distributed in the plant and animal kingdom. In plants it occurs almost always together with chlorophyll. Vitamin A precursor. Ultraviolet screen.
References Karrer, et al.: Helv. Chim. Acta, 12, 1142 (1929), Fischli, M., et al.: Helv. Chim. Acta, 58, 1584 (1975), Desmet, J., et al.: Biochem. Biophys. Acta, 912, 211 (1987), Tan, C., et al.: Food Chem., 92, 661 (2005), Chu, B., et al.: J. Agric. Food Chem., 55, 6754 (2007),

• Brand: TRC

Chemical properties

• Molecular weight: 536.87
• Formula: C₄₀H₅₆
• Color/Form: Orange
• InChI: InChI=1S/C40H56/c1-31(19-13-21-33(3)25-27-37-35(5)23-15-29-39(37,7)8)17-11-12-18-32(2)20-14-22-34(4)26-28-38-36(6)24-16-30-40(38,9)10/h11-14,17-22,25-28H,15-16,23-24,29-30H2,1-10H3/b12-11+,19-13+,20-14+,27-25+,28-26+,31-17+,32-18+,33-21+,34-22+
• InChI key: InChIKey=OENHQHLEOONYIE-JLTXGRSLSA-N
• SMILES: CC1=C(/C=C/C(C)=C/C=C/C(C)=C/C=C/C=C(C)/C=C/C=C(C)/C=C/C2=C(C)CCCC2(C)C)C(C)(C)CCC1