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diadinoxanthin
Sign in to savethumb|Diatoms, such as the diatom pictured here [[Phaeodactylum tricornutum, often contain diadinoxanthin pigments.]] Diadinoxanthin is a pigment found in phytoplankton. It has the formula C40H54O3. It gives rise to the xanthophylls diatoxanthin and dinoxanthin.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C40H54O3
- Molecular weight
- 582.9 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- (1R,3S,6S)-6-[(1E,3E,5E,7E,9E,11E,13E,15E)-18-[(4R)-4-hydroxy-2,6,6-trimethylcyclohexen-1-yl]-3,7,12,16-tetramethyloctadeca-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15-octaen-17-ynyl]-1,5,5-trimethyl-7-oxabicyclo[4.1.0]heptan-3-ol
- SMILES
- CC1=C(C(C[C@@H](C1)O)(C)C)C#C/C(=C/C=C/C(=C/C=C/C=C(\C)/C=C/C=C(\C)/C=C/[C@]23[C@](O2)(C[C@H](CC3(C)C)O)C)/C)/C
- InChIKey
- OGHZCSINIMWCSB-GHIQLMQGSA-N
- XLogP
- 10.1
- Polar surface area
- 53 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 2
- H-bond acceptors
- 3
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- carotenoid
- Mass
- 582.407296
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- found in taxon
- Arthrospira platensis
- chemical formula
- C₄₀H₅₄O₃
- canonical SMILES
- CC1=C(C(CC(C1)O)(C)C)C#CC(=CC=CC(=CC=CC=C(C)C=CC=C(C)C=CC23C(CC(CC2(O3)C)O)(C)C)C)C
- isomeric SMILES
- CC1=C(C(C[C@@H](C1)O)(C)C)C#C/C(=C/C=C/C(=C/C=C/C=C(\C)/C=C/C=C(\C)/C=C/[C@]23[C@](O2)(C[C@H](CC3(C)C)O)C)/C)/C
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Encyclopedic overview
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{{chembox | ImageFile1 = Diadinoxanthin.svg | ImageSize1 = 280px | IUPACName = (3S,5R,6S,3′R)-5,6-Epoxy-7′,8′-didehydro-5,6-dihydro-β,β-carotene-3,3′-diol | SystematicName = (1R,3S,6S)-6-{(1E,3E,5E,7E,9E,11E,13E,15E)-18-[(4R)-4-Hydroxy-2,6,6-trimethylcyclohex-1-en-1-yl]-3,7,12,16-tetramethyloctadeca-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15-octaen-17-yn-1-yl}-1,5,5-trimethyl-7-oxabicyclo[4.1.0]heptan-3-ol |Section1= |Section2= }} thumb|Diatoms, such as the diatom pictured here [[Phaeodactylum tricornutum, often contain diadinoxanthin pigments.]] Diadinoxanthin is a pigment found in phytoplankton. It has the formula C40H54O3. It gives rise to the xanthophylls diatoxanthin and dinoxanthin.
Diadinoxanthin is a plastid pigment. Plastid pigments include chlorophylls a and c, fucoxanthin, heteroxanthin, diatoxanthin, and diadinoxanthin.
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