Citranaxanthin

Base Information

• Chemical Name: Citranaxanthin
• CAS No.: 3604-90-8
• Molecular Formula: C33H44 O
• Molecular Weight: 456.712
• European Community (EC) Number: 222-762-5
• UNII: 4QIX1TA44L
• DSSTox Substance ID: DTXSID20883993
• Nikkaji Number: J14.442H,J24.540B
• Wikipedia: Citranaxanthin
• Wikidata: Q763802
• Metabolomics Workbench ID: 58594
• Mol file: 3604-90-8.mol

Synonyms:citranaxanthin

Chemical Property of Citranaxanthin

Chemical Property:

• Vapor Pressure: 5.93E-15mmHg at 25°C
• Boiling Point: 612.8°Cat760mmHg
• Flash Point: 283.7°C
• PSA: 17.07000
• Density: 0.947g/cm³
• LogP: 9.66820
• XLogP3: 10.5
• Hydrogen Bond Donor Count: 0
• Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count: 1
• Rotatable Bond Count: 10
• Exact Mass: 456.339216023
• Heavy Atom Count: 34
• Complexity: 1000

Purity/Quality:

99.0% ^*data from raw suppliers

Citranaxanthin ^*data from reagent suppliers

Safty Information:

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MSDS Files:

SDS file from LookChem

Useful:

• Canonical SMILES: CC1=C(C(CCC1)(C)C)C=CC(=CC=CC(=CC=CC=C(C)C=CC=C(C)C=CC(=O)C)C)C
• Isomeric SMILES: CC1=C(C(CCC1)(C)C)/C=C/C(=C/C=C/C(=C/C=C/C=C(\C)/C=C/C=C(\C)/C=C/C(=O)C)/C)/C
• Uses: Citranxanthin is an antioxidant β-carotene (C184250) found in plants such as tomatoes, kale and papaya, as well as in the yolks of fertile chicken eggs.

Technology Process of Citranaxanthin

There total 2 articles about Citranaxanthin which guide to synthetic route it. The literature collected by LookChem mainly comes from the sharing of users and the free literature resources found by Internet computing technology. We keep the original model of the professional version of literature to make it easier and faster for users to retrieve and use. At the same time, we analyze and calculate the most feasible synthesis route with the highest yield for your reference as below:

synthetic route:

Reference yield:

trans-β-apo-8'-carotenal (1107-26-2,4172-46-7) + acetone (67-64-1) → 6'-methyl-β-apo-6'-carotene-6'-one (3604-90-8)

Guidance literature:

With potassium hydroxide; In methanol; diethyl ether; at 20 ℃; for 18h;

DOI:10.1021/jf062629c

Reference yield:

→ 6'-methyl-β-apo-6'-carotene-6'-one (3604-90-8)

Guidance literature:

RCHO, MeCOR;

upstream raw materials:

trans-β-apo-8'-carotenal

acetone