What is the molecular formula for Vitamin A?

Answer 1

A chemical formula is a way of expressing information about the proportions of atoms that constitute a particular chemical compound, using a single line of chemical element symbols, numbers, and sometimes also other symbols, such as parentheses, dashes, brackets, and plus(+) and minus(-) signs. These are limited to a single typographic line of symbols, which may include subscripts and superscripts. A chemical formula is not a chemical name, and it contains no words. Although a chemical formula may imply certain simple chemical structures, it is not the same as a full chemical structural formula. Chemical formulas are more limiting than chemical names and stuctural formulas.

Answer 2

Retinol is the most common name for vitamin A, though in practice natural vitamin A is a mixture of several compounds. The systematic name for retinol is

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)-3,7-dimethyl-9-(2,6,6-trimethylcyclohex-1-enyl)nona-2,4,6,8-tetraen-1-ol.

Answer 3

Retinol is the chemical name of vitamin A.

Answer 4

Vitamin A (retinol): C20H30O

Answer 5

C20H30O