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138622

D-(−)-Quinic acid

98%

Synonym(s):

(-)-Quinic acid, (1alpha,3R,4alpha,5R)-1,3,4,5-Tetrahydroxycyclohexanecarboxylic acid, D-(-)-Quinic acid

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C7H12O6
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
192.17
UNSPSC Code:
51113400
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
201-072-8
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
2212412
MDL number:
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Quality Segment

assay

98%

form

powder

optical activity

[α]20/D −43.9°, c = 11.2 in H2O

functional group

carboxylic acid, hydroxyl

SMILES string

O[C@@H]1C[C@@](O)(C[C@@H](O)[C@H]1O)C(O)=O

InChI

1S/C7H12O6/c8-3-1-7(13,6(11)12)2-4(9)5(3)10/h3-5,8-10,13H,1-2H2,(H,11,12)/t3-,4-,5-,7+/m1/s1

InChI key

AAWZDTNXLSGCEK-WYWMIBKRSA-N

General description

D-(-)-Quinic acid, a plant metabolite, is chiral building block used in multistep chemical synthesis of natural compounds.

Application

D-(−)-Quinic acid can be used as:      
  • A chiral selector electrolyte along with copper(II) sulfate. This electrolyte is utilized in chiral resolution DL-tartaric acid by ligand-exchange capillary electrophoresis method.        
  • A starting material in the synthesis of stereoisomers of 3,4,6-trihydroxyazepanes, 7-hydroxymethyl-3,4,5-trihydroxyazepanes, and 3,4,5-trihydroxyazepanes, as potential inhibitors of glycosidase.        
  • A precursor for the preparation of trihydroxy piperidine derivatives and (+)-proto-quercitol glycosidase inhibitors.

D-(-)-Quinic acid has been used as a standard to determine the composition of organic acids in bitter gentian teas and in developing cranberry fruit by HPLC. It may be used in the preparation of 3,4-O-isopropylidene-3(R),4(S)-dihydroxycyclohexanone.


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Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)



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