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This page provides supplementary chemical data on lycopene.

[edit] Material Safety Data Sheet

The handling of this chemical may incur notable safety precautions. It is highly recommend that you seek the Material Safety Datasheet (MSDS) for this chemical from a reliable source such as SIRI, and follow its directions.

[edit] Structure and properties

All-trans-lycopene with canonical numbering:

Several common geometric isomers of lycopene. In total, there are 72 possible isomers of lycopene (sterically hindered isomers not included).

Structure and properties
Index of refraction, n_D	?
Dielectric constant, ε_r	? ε₀ at ? °C
Bond strength	?
Bond length	?
Bond angle	?
Magnetic susceptibility	?

[edit] Spectral data

To date, no X-ray crystal structure of lycopene has been reported.

UV spectra of lycopene in hexane. A typical carotenoid, lycopene displays three absorbance maxima. A peak at 360 nm would indicate the presence of cis-isomers

UV-Vis
λ_max	443, 471, 502 nm in hexane
Extinction coefficient, ε	1.72 × 10⁵ L•mol^-1•cm^-1(at 502 nm)^[1]
IR
Major absorption bands	? cm⁻¹
NMR
Proton NMR
Carbon-13 NMR
Other NMR data
MS
Masses of main fragments

[edit] References

^ For hexane:CH₂Cl₂ 98:2 v/v

Except where noted otherwise, data relate to standard ambient temperature and pressure.

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[0] For hexane:CH₂Cl₂ 98:2 v/v

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Contents

[edit] Material Safety Data Sheet

[edit] Structure and properties

[edit] Spectral data

[edit] References