Menaquinone 6

• Catalog No.: M218590
• CAS Number: 84-81-1
• M. F.: C41H56O2
• M. W.: 580.88214

SYNONYMS

• IUPAC name: 2-[(2E,6E,10E,14E,18E)-3,7,11,15,19,23-hexamethyltetracosa-2,6,10,14,18,22-hexaen-1-yl]-3-methyl-1,4-dihydronaphthalene-1,4-dione
• IUPAC Traditional name: vitamin K2
• Synonyms: Farnoquinone; Vitamin MK6; MK6; (all-E)-2-(3,7,11,15,19,23-Hexamethyl-2,6,10,14,18,22-tetracosahexaenyl)-3-methyl-1,4-naphthalenedione; Vitamin K2; Vitamin K2(30)

DATABASE IDS

• CAS Number: 84-81-1

DETAILS

Description (English)

Menaquinones are isoprenoid quinones of the naphthalene series and belongs to the K2 Vitamin homologs. Menaquinones were originally discovered as the anti-hemorrhagic factor and now encompasses a variety of physiological processes. Menaquinone-6 were the

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