ε-Carotene (epsilon-carotene) is a carotene. It can be synthesized from 2,7-dimethyl-2,4,6-octatrienedial and 2-methyl-4-(2,6,6-trimethyl-2-cyclohexen-1-yl)-3-butenal.[2]

References

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  2. ^ Wu, Xin-Yan; Guo, Xing-Tao; Sha, Feng (Sep 26, 2016). "Highly Enantioselective Michael Addition of Aromatic Ketones to Nitrodienes and the Application to the Synthesis of Chiral γ-Aminobutyric Acid". Synthesis. 49 (3). Georg Thieme Verlag KG: 647–656. doi:10.1055/s-0036-1588604. ISSN 0039-7881. S2CID 100564295.