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Sign in to saveRetinal (also known as retinaldehyde) is a polyene chromophore. Retinal, bound to proteins called opsins, is the chemical basis of visual phototransduction, the light-detection stage of visual perception (vision).
Chemical data
- Formula
- C20H28O
- Molecular weight
- 284.4 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 3,7-dimethyl-9-(2,6,6-trimethylcyclohexen-1-yl)nona-2,4,6,8-tetraenal
- SMILES
- CC1=C(C(CCC1)(C)C)C=CC(=CC=CC(=CC=O)C)C
- InChIKey
- NCYCYZXNIZJOKI-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 6.2
- Polar surface area
- 17.1 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- vitamer
- Mass
- 284.214
- Image
- Retinal.png
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- chemical formula
- C₂₀H₂₈O
- Commons category
- Retinal
- canonical SMILES
- CC1=C(C(CCC1)(C)C)C=CC(=CC=CC(=CC=O)C)C
- found in taxon
- Homo sapiens
- different from
- retinol
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