Alpha-Tocopherol

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Contents 1 Description 2 General Properties 3 PhysioChemical Properties 4 External Links

[edit] Description

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A generic descriptor for all TOCOPHEROLS and TOCOTRIENOLS that exhibit ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL activity. By virtue of the phenolic hydrogen on the 2H-1-benzopyran-6-ol nucleus, these compounds exhibit varying degree of antioxidant activity, depending on the site and number of methyl groups and the type of ISOPRENOIDS.

[edit] General Properties

*Molecular Weight

430.71

*Molecular Formula

C₂₉H₅₀O₂

*IUPAC NAME

(2R)-2,5,7,8-tetramethyl-2-[(4R,8R)-4,8,12-trimethyltridecyl]chroman-6-ol

*Canonical Smiles

CC1=C(C(=C2CCC(OC2=C1C)(C)CCCC(C)CCCC(C)CCCC(C)C)C)O

*Isomeric Smiles

CC1=C(C(=C2CC[C@@](OC2=C1C)(C)CCC[C@H](C)CCC[C@H](C)CCCC(C)C)C)O

[edit] PhysioChemical Properties

*Melting Point

*LogP

*Water Solubility

[edit] External Links

• [1]Pubchem
• [2]]1R5L,[[3]]1OIP,
• [4]KEGG Compound
• [5]Human Metabolome DataBase