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A3381

D-(+)-Arabitol

≥99% (GC)

Synonym(s):

D-arabino-Pentitol, D-lyxo-Pentitol

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C5H12O5
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
152.15
UNSPSC Code:
12352201
NACRES:
NA.25
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
207-686-2
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1720520
MDL number:
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Quality Segment

assay

≥99% (GC)

form

powder

sweetness

0.7 × sucrose

color

white

solubility

water: 50 mg/mL, clear, colorless to faintly yellow

storage temp.

room temp

SMILES string

OC[C@@H](O)C(O)[C@H](O)CO

InChI

1S/C5H12O5/c6-1-3(8)5(10)4(9)2-7/h3-10H,1-2H2/t3-,4-/m1/s1

InChI key

HEBKCHPVOIAQTA-QWWZWVQMSA-N

Application

D-Arabitol, a rare sugar alcohol, is a substrate used to identify, differentiate and characterize enzyme such as the gluconobacter oxydans dehydrogenase(s), Gox2181, hyperthermophilic D-arabitol dehydrogenase from Thermotoga maritime and NAD-dependent D-arabitoldehydrogenase from acetic acid bacterium, Acetobacter suboxydans.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Used to produce xylitol via biotransformation.

Other Notes

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Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)



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