The molecule is a retinoid that is all-trans-retinal carrying an oxo substituent at position 4 on the cyclohexenyl ring. It has a role as a mouse metabolite. It is an enal, a retinoid and an enone. It derives from an all-trans-retinal.
(2E,4E,6E,8E)-3,7-dimethyl-9-(2,6,6-trimethyl-3-oxocyclohexen-1-yl)nona-2,4,6,8-tetraenal