β-carotene

Base Information

• Chemical Name: β-carotene
• CAS No.: 161023-01-4
• Molecular Formula: C₄₀H₅₆
• Molecular Weight: 536.885
• Mol file: 161023-01-4.mol

Synonyms:β-carotene

Chemical Property of β-carotene

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Technology Process of β-carotene

There total 3 articles about β-carotene 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:

C68H88O8S4 (1186310-32-6) → β-carotene (161023-01-4)

Guidance literature:

C₆₈H₈₈O₈S₄; With 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methyl-phenol; potassium hydroxide; tetrabutylammomium bromide; In toluene; at 25 - 30 ℃; Inert atmosphere;

With methanol; In toluene; at 30 - 40 ℃; for 10h; Product distribution / selectivity; Inert atmosphere;

Reference yield:

→ β-carotene (161023-01-4)

Guidance literature:

With toluene-4-sulfonic acid; toluene; cis-β-carotene-#C; anschliessend partielle Hydrierung des Reaktionsprodukts an Lindlar-Katalysator in Dioxan unter Lichtausschluss;

DOI:10.1002/hlca.19530360623 DOI:10.1002/hlca.19500330507

Reference yield:

RETINOL (68-26-8) + toluene (108-88-3,15644-74-3,16713-13-6) → β-carotene (161023-01-4)

Guidance literature:

at -15 ℃; anschliessendes Behandeln mit p-Toluolsulfonsaeure-chlorid bei -10grad;

DOI:10.1002/hlca.19480310409

upstream raw materials:

RETINOL

toluene

C₆₈H₈₈O₈S₄

Downstream raw materials:

canthaxanthin

β-carotene-4,4'-dione

beta-carotene

3,4,3',4'-tetradehydro-β,β-carotene

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