Molecule: beta-carotene

A cyclic carotene obtained by dimerisation of all-trans-retinol. A strongly-coloured red-orange pigment abundant in plants and fruit and the most active and important provitamin A carotenoid.
Synonyms for beta-carotene :
1,1'-[(1E,3E,5E,7E,9E,11E,13E,15E,17E)-3,7,12,16-tetramethyloctadeca-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-nonaene-1,18-diyl]bis(2,6,6-trimethylcyclohexene)
BETA-CAROTENE
all-trans-beta-carotene
beta-Carotene
beta-Karotin
Molecular Formula: C40H56
Molecular wt: 536.87264 g/mole
Charge: 0
SMILES: CC(\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
InChIKey: OENHQHLEOONYIE-JLTXGRSLSA-N
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/h11-14,17-22,25-28H,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+
CHEBI:17579
Beta_Carotene
Sample reactions for this molecule:
BCO2:Fe2+ cleaves betaC to APO10al and bION
BCMO1:Fe2+ cleaves betaC to atRAL