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Retinoic Acid

CAS: 302-79-4 | C20H28O2

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Basic Information

CAS Registry Number: 302-79-4
Molecular Formula: C20H28O2
Molecular Mass: 300.44 g/mol

Names and Synonyms:

Retinoic Acid
Retinoic acid
NSC 122758
Retacnyl
Retinoic acid, all-trans-
Vitamin A acid
Tretinoin
trans-Retinoic acid
2,4,6,8-Nonatetraenoic acid, 3,7-dimethyl-9-(2,6,6-trimethyl-1-cyclohexen-1-yl)-, (all-E)-
all-trans-Vitamin A acid
Vitamin A acid, all-trans-
Vitamin A1 acid, all-trans-
3,7-Dimethyl-9-(2,6,6-trimethyl-1-cyclohexen-1-yl)-2,4,6,8-nonatetraenoic acid
β-Retinoic acid
(all-E)-3,7-Dimethyl-9-(2,6,6-trimethyl-1-cyclohexen-1-yl)-2,4,6,8-nonatetraenoic acid
all-trans-Tretinoin
all-(E)-Retinoic acid
Tretin M
all-trans-β-Retinoic acid
Ro 1-5488
Retin A
AGN 100335
Aberel
all-trans-Retinoic acid
Vesanoid
ATRA
Renova
Atragen
Vesnaroid
Epi-Aberel
Cordes Vas
Dermairol
Aknoten
Airol
NSC 122578
Eudyna

Identifiers:

SMILES:
CC1=C(/C=C/C(C)=C/C=C/C(C)=C/C(=O)O)C(C)(C)CCC1
InChI:
InChI=1S/C20H28O2/c1-15(8-6-9-16(2)14-19(21)22)11-12-18-17(3)10-7-13-20(18,4)5/h6,8-9,11-12,14H,7,10,13H2,1-5H3,(H,21,22)/b9-6+,12-11+,15-8+,16-14+

Key Properties

Melting Point
180-182 °C CAS Common Chemistry

Spectral Data

NMR, IR, and Mass spectral data

1H NMR
13C NMR
Predicting NMR spectra...
10 ppm 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 ppm
Shift (ppm) Multiplicity Integration Assignment
200 ppm 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 ppm
Shift (ppm) DEPT Assignment

Note: These NMR spectra are predicted computationally and may differ from experimental data. Predictions are based on chemical environment analysis.

External Resources

All Properties

Comprehensive physical and chemical properties

Property Value Source
Molecular Mass 300.44 g/mol CAS Common Chemistry
300.44200000000006 g/mol RDKit
300.208930136 g/mol RDKit
Wikipedia Url https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retinoic_acid CAS Common Chemistry
Canonical SMILES O=C(O)C=C(C=CC=C(C=CC1=C(C)CCCC1(C)C)C)C CAS Common Chemistry
InChI InChI=1S/C20H28O2/c1-15(8-6-9-16(2)14-19(21)22)11-12-18-17(3)10-7-13-20(18,4)5/h6,8-9,11-12,14H,7,10,13H2,1-5H3,(H,21,22)/b9-6+,12-11+,15-8+,16-14+ CAS Common Chemistry
InChI Key InChIKey=SHGAZHPCJJPHSC-YCNIQYBTSA-N CAS Common Chemistry
Melting Point 180-182 °C CAS Common Chemistry
Name Retinoic acid CAS Common Chemistry
Heavy Atom Count 22 RDKit
Hydrogen Bond Acceptors 1 RDKit
Hydrogen Bond Donors 1 RDKit
Rotatable Bonds 5 RDKit
Aromatic Ring Count 0 RDKit
Topological Polar Surface Area 37.3 Ų RDKit
LogP 5.602600000000005 RDKit
Molar Refractivity 93.76180000000005 RDKit

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