Summary

IMPPAT Phytochemical identifier: IMPHY011609

Phytochemical name: alpha-Carotene

Synonymous chemical names:
alpha carotene, alpha-carotene, carotene, carotin, epsilon carotene, α-carotene, α-carotenes

External chemical identifiers:
CID:6419725, ChEBI:35147, ZINC:ZINC000008219947, FDASRS:45XWE1Z69V, SureChEMBL:SCHEMBL5313099, MolPort-006-069-097

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Chemical structure information

SMILES:
C/C(=CC=CC=C(C=CC=C(C=CC1=C(C)CCCC1(C)C)/C)/C)/C=C/C=C(/C=C/[C@H]1C(=CCCC1(C)C)C)C

InChI:
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/h11-14,17-23,25-28,37H,15-16,24,29-30H2,1-10H3/b12-11+,19-13+,20-14+,27-25+,28-26+,31-17+,32-18+,33-21+,34-22+/t37-/m0/s1

InChIKey:
ANVAOWXLWRTKGA-NTXLUARGSA-N

DeepSMILES:
C/C=CC=CC=CC=CC=CC=CC=CC)CCCC6C)C)))))))))/C)))))/C))))))/C=C/C=C/C=C/[C@H]C=CCCC6C)C)))))C)))))C

Functional groups:
CC(C)=C(C)/C=C/C(C)=C/C=C/C(C)=C/C=C/C=C(C)/C=C/C=C(C)/C=C/C, CC=C(C)C

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Molecular scaffolds

Scaffold Graph/Node/Bond level:
C(=CC=CC=CC=CC=CC1C=CCCC1)C=CC=CC=CC=CC1=CCCCC1

Scaffold Graph/Node level:
C(CCCCCCCCCC1CCCCC1)CCCCCCCCC1CCCCC1

Scaffold Graph level:
C(CCCCCCCCCC1CCCCC1)CCCCCCCCC1CCCCC1

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Chemical classification

ClassyFire Kingdom: Organic compounds

ClassyFire Superclass: Lipids and lipid-like molecules

ClassyFire Class: Prenol lipids

ClassyFire Subclass: Tetraterpenoids

NP Classifier Biosynthetic pathway: Terpenoids

NP Classifier Superclass: Carotenoids (C40)

NP Classifier Class: Carotenoids (C40, β-ε)

NP-Likeness score: 1.829

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