β-Carotene

CAS: 7235-40-7

Ref. TR-C184250

Product Information

• Name: β-Carotene
• Synonyms: (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 β-carotene, Serlabo, Solatene, all-E-β-Carotene, all-trans-β-Carotene, β-Carotene,β-Carotene
• Brand: TRC
• Description: Stability Hygroscopic, Temperature SensitiveApplications 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),

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