11-cis Retinal

Names

[ CAS No. ]:
564-87-4

[ Name ]:
11-cis Retinal

[Synonym ]:
11-cis-Vitamin A aldehyde
cis-11-retinal
11-cis-Retinal
Neoretinene b
11-cis-Retinene
RHODOPSIN
9-cis-retinal
cis-Retinal
11-cis-Retinaldehyde
(2E,4Z,6E,8E)-3,7-dimethyl-9-(2,6,6-trimethylcyclohexen-1-yl)nona-2,4,6,8-tetraenal
11-Z-retinal

Biological Activity

[Description]:

11-cis-Retinal is a chromophore linkes via a Schiff base to the lysine residue of opsin[1].

[Related Catalog]:

Research Areas >> Others

[Target]

Human Endogenous Metabolite


[References]

[1]. Hara M, et al. PNPLA2 mobilizes retinyl esters from retinosomes and promotes the generation of 11-cis-retinal in the visual cycle. Cell Rep. 2023 Feb 8;42(2):112091.  

Chemical & Physical Properties

[ Density]:
0.948g/cm3

[ Boiling Point ]:
421.4ºC at 760 mmHg

[ Molecular Formula ]:
C20H28O

[ Molecular Weight ]:
284.44

[ Flash Point ]:
205.4ºC

[ Exact Mass ]:
284.21400

[ PSA ]:
17.07000

[ LogP ]:
5.71690

[ Index of Refraction ]:
1.54

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Precursor & DownStream

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