1855. δ-Carotene
Nomenclature
CAS number: 472-92-4
ε,ψ-Carotene. C40H56; mol wt 536.87.
C 89.49%, H 10.51%.
Description and references
Extracted from the fruit of Gonocaryum pyriforme Mig., Icacinaceae: Winterstein, Z. Physiol. Chem. 219, 249 (1933). Occurs also in carrots and certain varieties of tomatoes. Isoln from tomato mutants: Porter, Murphey, Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 32, 21 (1951). Structure: Kargl, Quackenbush, ibid. 88, 59 (1960). Synthesis: Manchand et al., J. Chem. Soc. 1965, 2019. Absolute configuration: Buchecker, Eugster, Helv. Chim. Acta 54, 327 (1971).
