This page provides supplementary chemical data on lycopene.
The handling of this chemical may incur notable safety precautions. It is highly recommend that you seek the Material Safety Datasheet (MSDS) for this chemical from a reliable source and follow its directions.
All-trans-lycopene with canonical numbering:
Structure and properties | |
Index of refraction, nD | ? |
Dielectric constant, εr | ? ε0 at ? °C |
Bond strength | ? |
Bond length | ? |
Bond angle | ? |
Magnetic susceptibility | ? |
To date, no X-ray crystal structure of lycopene has been reported.
UV-Vis | |
λmax | 443, 471, 502 nm in hexane |
Extinction coefficient, ε | 1.72 × 105 L•mol−1•cm−1(at 502 nm)[1] |
IR | |
Major absorption bands | ? cm-1 |
NMR | |
Other NMR data | |
MS | |
Masses of main fragments | |