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Oxidative degradation of β-carotene and β-apo-8′-carotenal

…, GW Burton, L Hughes, IU Keith, LA David, MJ Douglas

Index: Mordi, Raphael C.; Walton, John C.; Burton, Graham W.; Hughes, Lise; Ingold U., Keith; Lindsay A., David; Moffatt J., Douglas Tetrahedron, 1993 , vol. 49, # 4 p. 911 - 928

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Citation Number: 151

Abstract

In the self-initiated oxidation of β-carotene with molecular oxygen the rate of oxygen uptake was shown to depend on the oxygen partial pressure. Epoxides, dihydrofurans, carbonyl compounds, carbon dioxide, oligomeric material, traces of alcohols, and probably carboxylic acids were formed. The main products in the early stage of the oxidation were shown to be 5, 6-epoxy-β-carotene. 15, 15′-epoxy-β-carotene, diepoxides, and a series of β-apo- ...