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Chemical compound From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Altrose is an aldohexose sugar. D-Altrose is an unnatural monosaccharide. It is soluble in water and practically insoluble in methanol. However, L-altrose has been isolated from strains of the bacterium Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens.[1]
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Altrose | |
Systematic IUPAC name
(2S,3R,4R)-2,3,4,5,6-Pentahydroxyhexanal | |
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C6H12O6 | |
Molar mass | 180.156 g·mol−1 |
Melting point | 103 to 105 °C (217 to 221 °F; 376 to 378 K) |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Altrose is a C-3 epimer of mannose. The ring conformation of α-altropyranoside is flexible compared to most other aldohexopyranosides, with idose as exception. In solution different derivatives of altrose have been shown to occupy both 4C1, OS2 and 1C4-conformations.[2]
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