11-cis Retinal

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11-cis Retinal Structure
11-cis Retinal structure
Common Name 11-cis Retinal
CAS Number 564-87-4 Molecular Weight 284.44
Density 0.948g/cm3 Boiling Point 421.4ºC at 760 mmHg
Molecular Formula C20H28O Melting Point N/A
MSDS N/A Flash Point 205.4ºC

 Use of 11-cis Retinal


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

 Names

Name 11-cis-retinal
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 11-cis Retinal Biological Activity

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

 Synthetic Route

 Synonyms

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