Retinol

C20H30OCAS 68-26-8286.46 g/mol

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Properties

Molecular formula
C20H30O
Molar mass
286.46 g/mol
Exact mass
286.2297 Da
Melting point
62–64 °C
Boiling point
137–138 °C
Water solubility
practically insoluble
logP
5.51Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
20.2 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
1 / 1
Rotatable bonds
5
Double bonds
E, E, E, EE/Z, in SMILES order

Hazards

Danger
Irritant (GHS07)Health Hazard (GHS08)

Aggregated from 311 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.

Precautionary statements

P203, P261, P264, P264+P265, P270, P272, P273, P280, P301+P317, P302+P352, P305+P351+P338, P318, P321, P330, P333+P317, P337+P317, P362+P364, P405, P501

Identifiers

CAS number
68-26-8
SMILES
CC1=C(/C=C/C(C)=C/C=C/C(C)=C/CO)C(C)(C)CCC1
InChIKey
FPIPGXGPPPQFEQ-OVSJKPMPSA-N
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+

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Names and synonyms

75 names · show all
  • Retinol, all-trans-
  • Acon
  • Afaxin
  • Agiolan
  • Alphalin
  • Alphasterol
  • Anatola
  • anti-Infective vitamin
  • Antixerophthalmic vitamin
  • Anatola A
  • Apexol
  • Aquasynth
  • Aoral
  • Atav
  • Avibon
  • Avita
  • Avitol
  • Biosterol
  • Disatabs tabs
  • Dofsol
  • Epiteliol
  • Hi-A-vita
  • Lard factor
  • Myvpack
  • 2,4,6,8-Nonatetraen-1-ol, 3,7-dimethyl-9-(2,6,6-trimethyl-1-cyclohexen-1-yl)-, (all-E)-
  • Oleovitamin a
  • Ophthalamin
  • Prepalin
  • Testavol
  • Vaflol
  • Vi-alpha
  • Vitamin A1
  • Vitamin A1 alcohol
  • Vitpex
  • Vogan
  • All-trans-Retinol
  • Vitamin A alcohol
  • All-trans-Vitamin A alcohol
  • Vitamin A alcohol, all-trans-
  • Vitamin A1 alcohol, all-trans-
  • Vitamin A1, all-trans-
  • Axerophthol
  • trans-Retinol
  • All-trans-Retinyl alcohol
  • Apostavit
  • Axerol
  • Dohyfral A
  • Nio-A-let
  • Vitavel A
  • Vogan-neu
  • trans-Vitamin A alcohol
  • β-Retinol
  • Vitamin A
  • Plivit A
  • A-Mulsal
  • Agoncal
  • Alcovit A
  • Veroftal
  • A-Vi-pel
  • Bentavit A
  • All-trans-Vitamin A
  • (All-E)-3,7-Dimethyl-9-(2,6,6-trimethyl-1-cyclohexen-1-yl)-2,4,6,8-nonatetraen-1-ol
  • All-trans-Vitamin A1
  • Thalasphere
  • Cylasphere
  • Aquasol A parenteral
  • A-Sol
  • Vi-dom-A
  • A-Vitan
  • NSC 122759
  • Retinol 50C
  • Retinyl A
  • Tegosphere VitA
  • Tagravit R 1
  • Riken dry A-S 200PT

Work with Retinol

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Stereoisomers, salts and isotopologues

The same compound in another form: other stereochemistry, a salt or hydrate, the free acid or base, or an isotope-labelled version.

Vitamin A11103-57-4

Similar compounds

Beta-carotene7235-40-778 % similar Retinal116-31-470 % similar Retinoic acid302-79-466 % similar Isotretinoin4759-48-266 % similar 9-cis-Retinoic acid5300-03-866 % similar Retinyl acetate127-47-965 % similar Retinyl retinoate15498-86-963 % similar α-Carotene7488-99-560 % similar

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.

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