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COMMON NAME | : | Lutein/ Lutein A |
SYMBOL | : | |
FORMULA | : | C40H56O2 MOL.WT (average) : 568.871 |
BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY |
PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES |
MELTING POINT | : | 183-185![]() ![]() |
BOILING POINT | : | |
REFRACTIVE INDEX | : | |
OPTICAL ROTATION | : | |
DENSITY | : | |
SOLUBILITY | : |
SPECTRAL DATA |
UV SPECTRA | : | lmax (nm) (e): dioxane 429 (1680), 453 (2515), 482 (2259) (Ref. 0086); methanol 330, 422 (shoulder), 443, 470, %III/II=61.7 [Spectrum 1108] (Ref. 1052) |
IR SPECTRA | : | |
NMR SPECTRA | : | 1H-NMR d(270 MHz, CDCl3): 0.849, 0.998 (6H, s, 1'-gem-Me), 1.074 (6H, s, 1-gem-Me), 1.37 (1H, dd, J 13, 7, 2'ax-H), 1.48 (1H, t, J 12, 2ax-H), 1.626 (3H, s, 5'-Me), 1.739 (3H, s, 5-Me), 1.84 (1H, dd, J 13, 6, 2'eq-H), 1.912 (3H, s, 9'-Me), 1.970 (9H, s, 9-, 13-, 13'-Me), 2.04 (1H, dd, J 17, 10, 4ax-H), ca. 2.33-2.45 (2H, m, 6'-, 4eq-H), ca. 4.0 (1H, m, 3-H), 4.25 (1H, 3'-H), 5.43 (1H, dd, J 15.5, 10, 7'-H), 5.55 (1H, s, 4'-H), ca. 6.12 (2H, s, 7-, 8-H), ca. 6.15 (3H, m, 8'-, 10-, 10'-H), ca. 6.26 (2H, m, 14-, 14'-H), 6.36 (2H, d, J 15, 12-, 12'-H), ca. 6.55-6.71 (4H, m, 11-, 11'-, 15-, 15'-H) (Ref. 0086/0128/1080) 13C-NMR d(CDCl3): 37.1 (C1), 48.4 (C2), 65.1 (C3), 42.5 (C4), 126.2 (C5), 137.6 (C6), 125.6 (C7), 138.5 (C8), 135.6 (C9), 131.3 (C10), 124.9 (C11), 137.6 (C12), 136.5 (C13), 132.6 (C14), 130.0 (C15), 28.7, 30.2 (1-gem-Me), 21.6 (5-Me), 12.7 (9-Me), 12.7 (13-Me), 34.0 (C1'), 44.7 (C2'), 65.9 (C3'), 125.6 (C4'), 137.8 (C5'), 55.0 (C6'), 128.6 (C7'), 137.8 (C8'), 135.0 (C9'), 130.8 (C10'), 124.5 (C11'), 137.6 (C12'), 136.5 (C13'), 132.6 (C14'), 130.0 (C15'), 24.3, 29.5 (1'-gem-Me), 22.8 (5'-Me), 13.2 (9'-Me), 12.7 (13'-Me) (Ref. 0061). |
MASS SPECTRA | : | (Ref. 0059) |
OTHER SPECTRA | : | CD: 247.5 (+6.33), 288 (-2.39) (Ref. 0086) CD data in EPA solution (25 ![]() |
CHROMATOGRAM DATA |
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CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS |
METABOLISM |
GENETIC INFORMATION |
NOTE |
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