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Entry
CA00100                                                            
Classification
Carotenoid Name
Methoxyspheroidene;
3',4',7',8'-Tetrahydrospirilloxanthin
IUPAC name 1,1'-Dimethoxy-3,4-didehydro-1,2,1',2',7',8'-hexahydro-psi,psi-carotene
Formula
C42H64O2
Molecular Weight 
600.932 g/mol
Structure      Search similar carotenoids

Mol file
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Biological functions/Properties 
Number of
conjugated double bonds 
10
Number of
conjugated multiple bonds 
10
Isomers 
  • Constitutional isomer: CA00099
    • InChI

    InChIKey

    Canonical SMILES

    XLogP
    13.336
    Hydrogen Bond donors
    (Lipinski's definition)
    0
    Hydrogen Bond Acceptors
    (Lipinski's definition)
    2
    LipinskiFailures
    2
    Complexity of molecule
    0.000
    Number of heavy atoms
    44
    TPSA
    (Topological Polar Surface Area) 
    18.460 Å2
    Reaction
    Pathway
    Major carotenoid information

    Minor carotenoid information

    Source organisms
    Rhodopseudomonas spheroides (Ref.507) - Alphaproteobacteria: phototrophic purple non-sulfur bacteria (Alphaproteobacteria - Bradyrhizobiaceae)
    Rhodospirillum rubrum (Ref.337) - Alphaproteobacteria: phototrophic purple non-sulfur bacteria (Alphaproteobacteria - Rhodospirillaceae)
    References
  • Ref.507: George Britton, Harish C. Malhotra, Raj Kumari Singh 1, Sandra Taylor, Trevor W. Goodwin, Avraham Ben-Aziz, Phytochemistry, Volume 15, Issue 12, 1976, Pages 1971-1972, "Methoxyspheroidene and methoxyspheroidenone, two carotenoids from Rhodopseudomonas spheroides".
  • Ref.337: H.C. Malhotra, G. Britton, T.W. Goodwin, Phytochemistry, Volume 9, Issue 11, November 1970, Pages 2369–2375, "The mono- and dimethoxy-carotenoids of diphenylamine-inhibited cultures of rhodospirillum rubrum".
    • CAS
    31159-48-5
    Links to other DB
    KNApSAcK: C00022901

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