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retinol

C20H30O

Retinol has the molecular formula C20H30O and a molar mass of 286.5 g/mol.

Properties

Molecular formulaC20H30O
Molar mass286.5 g/mol
Exact (monoisotopic) mass286.22967 g/mol
logP (octanol–water)5.7
Topological polar surface area20.2 Ų
Hydrogen-bond donors / acceptors1 / 1
Heavy atoms21
InChIKeyFPIPGXGPPPQFEQ-OVSJKPMPSA-N
IUPAC name(2E,4E,6E,8E)-3,7-dimethyl-9-(2,6,6-trimethylcyclohexen-1-yl)nona-2,4,6,8-tetraen-1-ol

Elemental composition

51 atoms across 3 elements, by mass.

ElementAtomsPercent by mass
Carbon (C)2083.86%
Hydrogen (H)3010.56%
Oxygen (O)15.59%

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Molar mass and elemental composition are computed from IUPAC 2021 conventional atomic weights. Formula, exact mass and the computed descriptors come from PubChem, which is US government work and in the public domain. Melting point, boiling point and density come from Wikidata under CC0. Properties with no figure shown are absent from those sources rather than zero.