Retinol

CAS Registry Number®

68-26-8

CAS Name

Retinol

Molecular Formula

C20H30O

Molecular Mass

286.45

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Compound Properties

  • Boiling Point (1)

    137-138 °C @ Press: 1 x 10-6 Torr

  • Melting Point (1)

    62-64 °C

Source(s)

  • (1) Hazardous Substances Data Bank data were obtained from the National Library of Medicine (US)

Other Names and Identifiers

InChI

InChI=1S/C20H30O/c1-16(8-6-9-17(2)13-15-21)11-12-19-18(3)10-7-14-20(19,4)5/h6,8-9,11-13,21H,7,10,14-15H2,1-5H3/b9-6+,12-11+,16-8+,17-13+

InChIKey

InChIKey=FPIPGXGPPPQFEQ-OVSJKPMPSA-N

SMILES

C(=C/C(=C/C=C/C(=C/CO)/C)/C)\C=1C(C)(C)CCCC1C

Canonical SMILES

OCC=C(C=CC=C(C=CC1=C(C)CCCC1(C)C)C)C

Other Names for this Substance

  • Retinol
  • Retinol, all-trans-
  • Acon
  • Afaxin
  • Agiolan

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Deleted or Replaced CAS Registry Numbers

5979-23-7, 13123-33-6, 17104-91-5, 2820400-21-1

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