Altrose

Chembox new
Name = Altrose
ImageFile = Altrose.png ImageName = Altrose
IUPACName = 6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-
2,3,4,5-tetrol
Section1 = Chembox Identifiers
CASOther = D:1990-29-0
L:1949-88-8
PubChem = 441032
SMILES = C( [C@@H] 1 [C@H] ( [C@H] ( [C@@H] (C(O1)O)O)O)O)O
Section2 = Chembox Properties
Formula = C₆H₁₂O₆
MolarMass = 180.16 g/mol
MeltingPt = 103-105 °C

Altrose is an aldohexose sugar. The D isomer is an unnatural monosaccharide. It is soluble in water and practically insoluble in methanol. L-altrose has been isolated from strains of the bacterium Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens. [Ref patent
country=US |number=4966845 |title=Microbial production of L-altrose |invent1=Stack; Robert J. |status= patent |gdate=1990-10-30
assign1=Government of the United States of America, Secretary of Agriculture
class= ]

Altrose is a C-3 epimer of mannose.

References

*"Merck Index", 11th Edition, 319.

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