Participants
| Role | Name | HCID | Charge |
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| Reactant | Sodium Chlorate | HCID 516902 | — |
| Reactant | Echinenone | HCID 5281236 | — |
| Catalyst | Iodine | HCID 807 | — |
| Solvent | Water | HCID 962 | — |
| Solvent | Chloroform | HCID 6212 | — |
| Product | Canthaxanthin | HCID 5281227 | 65.3% |
Reaction Steps
100 mg of echinenone are dissolved in 10 ml of chloroform under a nitrogen atmosphere and are oxidized with 100 mg of sodium chlorate in 1 ml of water after having added 2 mg of iodine dissolved in 1 ml of chloroform. After stirring for 24 hours at -20° C., 67 mg of canthaxanthin having an all-trans content of 81% are obtained.
Provenance & Evidence
| DOI | 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1 |
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| Patent number | US04212827 |
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| Source dataset | uspto-grants-1980_07 |
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| ORD ID | ord-648c87607f584ecda96f203161e74617 |
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| Source note | uspto-grants-1980_07 |
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