beta-Carotene (Compound)

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ID89
Namebeta-Carotene
SynonymsVitamin A; Carotene; all-trans-beta-Carotene
Structure
Descriptionbeta-Carotene is the most well-known provitamin A carotenoid.
ClassificationCompounds > Chemical entities > Organic compounds > Lipids and lipid-like molecules > Prenol lipids > Tetraterpenoids > Carotenoids > Carotenes
CAS number7235-40-7
PubChem ID5280489
ChEBI ID17579
FooDB IDFDB014613
HMDB IDHMDB0000561

Chemical data

MolDBi data

IUPAC Name1,3,3-trimethyl-2-[(1E,3E,5E,7E,9Z,11Z,13E,15E,17E)-3,7,12,16-tetramethyl-18-(2,6,6-trimethylcyclohex-1-en-1-yl)octadeca-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-nonaen-1-yl]cyclohex-1-ene
Traditional IUPAC Name1,3,3-trimethyl-2-[(1E,3E,5E,7E,9Z,11Z,13E,15E,17E)-3,7,12,16-tetramethyl-18-(2,6,6-trimethylcyclohex-1-en-1-yl)octadeca-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-nonaen-1-yl]cyclohex-1-ene
FormulaC40H56
InChIInChI=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 KeyOENHQHLEOONYIE-JLTXGRSLSA-N
Molecular weight536.888
Exact mass536.438201803
SMILESC\C(\C=C\C=C(/C)\C=C\C1=C(C)CCCC1(C)C)=C/C=C/C=C(\C)/C=C/C=C(\C)/C=C/C1=C(C)CCCC1(C)C

ClassyFire Taxonomy

Description belongs to the class of organic compounds known as carotenes. These are a type of unsaturated hydrocarbons containing eight consecutive isoprene units. They are characterized by the presence of two end-groups (mostly cyclohexene rings, but also cyclopentene rings or acyclic groups) linked by a long branched alkyl chain. Carotenes belonging form a subgroup of the carotenoids family.
KingdomOrganic compounds
Super ClassLipids and lipid-like molecules
ClassPrenol lipids
Sub ClassTetraterpenoids
Direct ParentCarotenes
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