A3381

D-(+)-Arabitol

≥99% (GC)

• Synonym(s): D-arabino-Pentitol, D-lyxo-Pentitol
• Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C₅H₁₂O₅
• CAS Number: 488-82-4
• Molecular Weight: 152.15
• UNSPSC Code: 12352201
• NACRES: NA.25
• PubChem Substance ID: 24890762
• EC Number: 207-686-2
• Beilstein/REAXYS Number: 1720520
• MDL number: MFCD00004709

Properties

• Quality Segment: 200
• 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

Description

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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Safety Information

• Storage Class: 11 - Combustible Solids
• wgk: WGK 3
• flash_point_f: Not applicable
• flash_point_c: Not applicable
• ppe: Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)