Canthaxanthin
CAS Registry Number®
514-78-3
CAS Name
CanthaxanthinMolecular Formula
C40H52O2Molecular Mass
564.84Cite this Page
Canthaxanthin. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=514-78-3 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 514-78-3). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Melting Point (1)
211-212 °C
Source(s)
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C40H52O2/c1-29(17-13-19-31(3)21-23-35-33(5)37(41)25-27-39(35,7)8)15-11-12-16-30(2)18-14-20-32(4)22-24-36-34(6)38(42)26-28-40(36,9)10/h11-24H,25-28H2,1-10H3/b12-11+,17-13+,18-14+,23-21+,24-22+,29-15+,30-16+,31-19+,32-20+
InChIKey
InChIKey=FDSDTBUPSURDBL-DKLMTRRASA-N
SMILES
C(=C/C(=C/C=C/C(=C/C=C/C=C(/C=C/C=C(/C=C/C=1C(C)(C)CCC(=O)C1C)\C)\C)/C)/C)\C=2C(C)(C)CCC(=O)C2C
Canonical SMILES
O=C1C(=C(C=CC(=CC=CC(=CC=CC=C(C=CC=C(C=CC2=C(C(=O)CCC2(C)C)C)C)C)C)C)C(C)(C)CC1)C
Other Names for this Substance
- β,β-Carotene-4,4′-dione
- β-Carotene-4,4′-dione, all-trans-
- β-Carotene-4,4′-dione
- Carophyll red
- all-trans-Canthaxanthin
Deleted or Replaced CAS Registry Numbers
7548-82-5