ε-Carotene

Names

IUPAC name ε,ε-carotene

Other names 4,4'-Didehydro-6,6'-dihydro-β,β-carotene

Identifiers

CAS NumberY(R,R)Y

3D model (JSmol)

ChemSpider

PubChem CID

UNIIY

CompTox Dashboard (EPA)

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/h11-14,17-28,37-38H,15-16,29-30H2,1-10H3/b12-11+,19-13+,20-14+,27-25+,28-26+,31-17+,32-18+,33-21+,34-22+Key: QABFXOMOOYWZLZ-JLTXGRSLSA-NInChI=1/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/h11-14,17-28,37-38H,15-16,29-30H2,1-10H3/b12-11+,19-13+,20-14+,27-25+,28-26+,31-17+,32-18+,33-21+,34-22+Key: QABFXOMOOYWZLZ-JLTXGRSLBO

SMILES C1(=C/CCC(C)(C)C1\C=C\C(=C\C=C\C(=C\C=C\C=C(\C=C\C=C(\C=C\C2C(=C/CCC2(C)C)\C)C)C)C)C)\C

Properties

Chemical formulaC40H56

Molar mass536.888 g·mol−1

AppearanceCrystal

Melting point190 °C

Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). Infobox references

ε-Carotene (epsilon-carotene) is a carotene. It can be synthesized from 2,7-dimethyl-2,4,6-octatrienedial and 2-methyl-4-(2,6,6-trimethyl-2-cyclohexen-1-yl)-3-butenal.