FComEx: Lycopene (PC001203)

Record Information

Version

1.0

Creation date

2018-05-02 12:37:40 UTC

Update date

2018-05-04 14:21:48 UTC

FoodComEx ID

PC001203

FoodDB Record

FDB014534

Chemical Information

Name

Lycopene

Description

Lycopene, also known as pro lycopene or lyc O mato, belongs to the class of organic compounds known as carotenes. These are a type of unsaturated hydrocarbons containing eight consecutive isoprene units. They are characterized by the presence of two end-groups (mostly cyclohexene rings, but also cyclopentene rings or acyclic groups) linked by a long branched alkyl chain. Carotenes belonging form a subgroup of the carotenoids family. Thus, lycopene is considered to be an isoprenoid lipid molecule. Lycopene is a very hydrophobic molecule, practically insoluble (in water), and relatively neutral.

CAS Number

502-65-8

Structure

MOL SDF PDB SMILES InChI

Synonyms

Synonym	Source
2,6,10,14,19,23,27,31-Octamethyl-2,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22,24,26,30-dotriacontatridecaene	db_source
Dicarotene	db_source
E160 (Lycopene)	db_source
Lycopine	db_source
Psi,psi-carotene	biospider
Solanorubin	db_source
y,y-Carotene, 9CI	db_source

Chemical Formula

C40H56

IUPAC name

(6E,8E,10E,12E,14E,16E,18E,20E,22E,24E,26E)-2,6,10,14,19,23,27,31-octamethyldotriaconta-2,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22,24,26,30-tridecaene

InChI Identifier

InChI=1S/C40H56/c1-33(2)19-13-23-37(7)27-17-31-39(9)29-15-25-35(5)21-11-12-22-36(6)26-16-30-40(10)32-18-28-38(8)24-14-20-34(3)4/h11-12,15-22,25-32H,13-14,23-24H2,1-10H3/b12-11+,25-15+,26-16+,31-17+,32-18+,35-21+,36-22+,37-27+,38-28+,39-29+,40-30+

InChI Key

OAIJSZIZWZSQBC-GYZMGTAESA-N

Isomeric SMILES

CC(C)=CCC\C(C)=C\C=C\C(\C)=C\C=C\C(\C)=C\C=C\C=C(/C)\C=C\C=C(/C)\C=C\C=C(/C)CCC=C(C)C

Average Molecular Weight

536.888

Monoisotopic Molecular Weight

536.438201803

Chemical Taxonomy

Description

Belongs to the class of organic compounds known as carotenes. These are a type of unsaturated hydrocarbons containing eight consecutive isoprene units. They are characterized by the presence of two end-groups (mostly cyclohexene rings, but also cyclopentene rings or acyclic groups) linked by a long branched alkyl chain. Carotenes belonging form a subgroup of the carotenoids family.

Kingdom

Organic compounds

Super Class

Lipids and lipid-like molecules

Class

Prenol lipids

Sub Class

Tetraterpenoids

Direct Parent

Carotenes

Alternative Parents

Substituents