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Properties of substance:

β-carotene



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Group of substances:

organic

Physical appearance:

hexagonal crystals

Empirical formula (Hill's system for organic substances):

C40H56

Molar/atomic mass: 536.87

Melting point (°C):

183

Solubility (g/100 g of solvent):

acetone: 0.0253 (20°C) [Ref.]
acetonitrile: 0.00127 (20°C) [Ref.]
benzene: 0.455 (20°C) [Ref.]
chloroform: 0.134 (20°C) [Ref.]
cyclohexane: 0.256 (20°C) [Ref.]
cyclohexanone: 0.211 (20°C) [Ref.]
diethyl ether: 0.141 (20°C) [Ref.]
dimethylformamide: 0.021 (20°C) [Ref.]
dimethylsulfoxide: 0.0027 (20°C) [Ref.]
ethanol: 0.0038 (20°C) [Ref.]
ethyl acetate: 0.0555 (20°C) [Ref.]
hexane: 0.091 (20°C) [Ref.]
i-propanol: 0.0051 (20°C) [Ref.]
methanol: 0.00127 (20°C) [Ref.]
methyl tert-butyl ether: 0.135 (20°C) [Ref.]
methylene chloride: 0.451 (20°C) [Ref.]
tetrahydrofuran: 1.124 (20°C) [Ref.]
toluene: 0.46 (20°C) [Ref.]
water: insoluble [Ref.]

Density:

1 (20°C, d4)

Spectral properties of the substance:

Ultraviolet/visible spectrum (maximum in nm, layer thickness 1 cm, in parentheses - extinction) = 451
Ultraviolet/visible spectrum (maximum in nm, layer thickness 1 cm, in parentheses - extinction) = 485
Ultraviolet/visible spectrum (maximum in nm, layer thickness 1 cm, in parentheses - extinction) = 482
Ultraviolet/visible spectrum (maximum in nm, layer thickness 1 cm, in parentheses - extinction) = 425
Ultraviolet/visible spectrum (maximum in nm, layer thickness 1 cm, in parentheses - extinction) = 520
Ultraviolet/visible spectrum (maximum in nm, layer thickness 1 cm, in parentheses - extinction) = 450

References:

  1. CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. - 95ed. - CRC Press, 2014. - pp. 3-94
  2. Craft N.E., Soares J.H.Jr. Relative Solubility, Stability, and Absorptivity of Lutein and β-Carotene in Organic Solvents / Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. - 1992. - Vol. 40, No. 3. - pp. 432 [DOI: 10.1021/jf00015a013]
  3. Jouyban A. Handbook of solubility data for pharmaceutacals. – CRC Press, 2010. - pp. 70
  4. Досон Р., Эллиот Д., Эллиот У., Джонс К. Справочник биохимика. - М.: Мир, 1991. - pp. 196 [Russian]
  5. Химическая энциклопедия. - Т. 2. - М.: Советская энциклопедия, 1990. - pp. 332-333 [Russian]

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