PRODUCT Properties
| Melting point: | 61-63°C |
| Boiling point: | 366.92°C (rough estimate) |
| Density | 1.0083 (rough estimate) |
| refractive index | 1.4500 (estimate) |
| storage temp. | -20°C |
| solubility | Chloroform (Slightly), Ethyl Acetate (Slightly), Methanol (Slightly) |
| form | powder |
| color | yellow |
| biological source | synthetic (organic) |
| Water Solubility | <70mg/L(25 ºC) |
| Stability: | Hygroscopic, Light Sensitive, Temperature Sensitive |
| InChI | InChI=1S/C20H28O/c1-16(8-6-9-17(2)13-15-21)11-12-19-18(3)10-7-14-20(19,4)5/h6,8-9,11-13,15H,7,10,14H2,1-5H3/b9-6+,12-11+,16-8+,17-13+ |
| InChIKey | NCYCYZXNIZJOKI-OVSJKPMPSA-N |
| SMILES | C(=O)/C=C(/C=C/C=C(/C=C/C1C(C)(C)CCCC=1C)\C)\C |
| CAS DataBase Reference | 116-31-4(CAS DataBase Reference) |
| EPA Substance Registry System | Retinal (116-31-4) |
Description and Uses
All trans-Retinal has been used:
- in optogenetic experiments
- in electrophysiological experiment
- to study the effect of AKR1B10 (aldo-keto reductase (AKR) superfamily member) on the conversion of retinal to retinol in the airway epithelium
- in decidual transformation of human endometrial stromal cells
