| Melting point |
61-63 °C(lit.) |
| Boiling point |
368.81°C (rough estimate) |
| Density |
0.9933 (rough estimate) |
| refractive index |
1.641 |
| Flash point |
-26 °C |
| storage temp. |
-20°C |
| solubility |
Chloroform (Slightly), Methanol (Slightly) |
| form |
crystalline |
| pka |
14.09±0.10(Predicted) |
| color |
yellow to orange |
| PH |
6.5-7.5 (20°C, 100g/L in H2O) |
| biological source |
synthetic |
| Water Solubility |
Practically insoluble inwaterorglycerol; soluble in absolute alcohol,methanol,℃hloroform, ether, fats and oils. |
| Sensitive |
Moisture & Light Sensitive |
| Merck |
13,10073 |
| BRN |
403040 |
| Specific Activity |
~3100U/mg |
| Stability |
Stable, but light and air sensitive. Incompatible with strong acids, strong oxidizing agents. |
| Cosmetics Ingredients Functions |
SKIN CONDITIONING - MISCELLANEOUS |
| InChI |
1S/C20H30O/c1-16(8-6-9-17(2)13-15-21)11-12-19-18(3)10-7-14-20(19,4)5/h6,8-9,11-13,21H,7,10,14-15H2,1-5H3/b9-6+,12-11+,16-8+,17-13+ |
| InChIKey |
FPIPGXGPPPQFEQ-OVSJKPMPSA-N |
| SMILES |
CC1(C)C(/C=C/C(C)=C/C=C/C(C)=C/CO)=C(C)CCC1 |
| LogP |
5.680 |
| CAS DataBase Reference |
68-26-8(CAS DataBase Reference) |
| EPA Substance Registry System |
Retinol (68-26-8) |
