This page provides supplementary chemical data on lycopene. Material Safety Data Sheet
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Structure and properties All-trans-lycopene with canonical numbering:
Structure and properties Index of refraction, nD ? Dielectric constant, εr ? ε0 at ? °C Bond strength ? Bond length ? Bond angle ? Magnetic susceptibility ?
Spectral data To date, no X-ray crystal structure of lycopene has been reported.
UV-Vis λmax 443, 471, 502 nm in hexane Extinction coefficient, ε 1.72 × 105 L•mol−1•cm−1(at 502 nm)For hexane:CH2Cl2 98:2 v/v IR Major absorption bands ? cm−1 NMR Proton NMR Carbon-13 NMR Other NMR data MS Masses of main fragments
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