Lycopene (data page)
# Lycopene (data page)

This page provides supplementary chemical data on lycopene.

## Material Safety Data Sheet

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.

## Structure and properties

All-trans-lycopene with canonical numbering:

Structure and properties :

| Index of refraction, $n_D$ | ? |
| - | - |
| Dielectric constant, $ε_r$ | ? $ε_0$ at ? °C |
| Bond strength | ? |
| Bond length | ? |
| Bond angle | ? |
| Magnetic susceptibility | ? |

## Spectral data

To date, no X-ray crystal structure of lycopene has been reported.

UV-Vis :

| $λ_{max}$ | 443, 471, 502 nm in hexane |
| - | - |
| Extinction coefficient, ε | 1.72 × $10^5$ $L•mol^{−1}•cm^{−1}(at$ 502 nm) |
| IR ||
| Major absorption bands | ? $cm^{−1}$ |
| NMR ||
| Proton NMR | |
| Carbon-13 NMR | |
| Other NMR data | |
| MS ||
| Masses of main fragments | |

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* Except where noted otherwise, data relate to Standard temperature and pressure.
* Reliability of data general note.
