Echinenone (Technical Grade)

CAS: 432-68-8

Ref. TR-E325630

Product Information

• Name: Echinenone (Technical Grade)
• Synonyms: ß,ß-Caroten-4-one, Myxoxanthine, all-trans-Echinenone, (7'Cis)-Beta,Beta-Caroten-4-One, Echinenon, Echinenone, Echinenone, all-trans-, β,β-Caroten-4-one, β-Caroten-4-one, β-Caroten-4-one, all-trans-, β-Echinenone

Description

Stability Light Sensitive, Temperature Sensitive
Applications Echinenone is a protective carotenoid. Echinenone is an analogue of β-Carotene (C184250), the 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: 550.86
• Formula: C₄₀H₅₄O
• Color/Form: Neat
• InChI: InChI=1S/C40H54O/c1-30(18-13-20-32(3)23-25-36-34(5)22-15-28-39(36,7)8)16-11-12-17-31(2)19-14-21-33(4)24-26-37-35(6)38(41)27-29-40(37,9)10/h11-14,16-21,23-26H,15,22,27-29H2,1-10H3/b12-11+,18-13+,19-14+,25-23+,26-24+,30-16+,31-17+,32-20+,33-21+
• InChI key: InChIKey=QXNWZXMBUKUYMD-QQGJMDNJSA-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)C(=O)CCC2(C)C)C(C)(C)CCC1