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Sigma-Aldrich

D-(+)-Arabitol

≥99% (GC)

Synonym(s):

D-arabino-Pentitol, D-lyxo-Pentitol

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C5H12O5
CAS Number:
488-82-4
Molecular Weight:
152.15
Beilstein:
1720520
EC Number:
207-686-2
MDL number:
MFCD00004709
UNSPSC Code:
12352201
PubChem Substance ID:
24890762
NACRES:
NA.25

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

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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 Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Xu Liu et al.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 415(2), 410-415 (2011-11-02)
Gluconobacter oxydans enable to oxidize sugars and polyols incompletely to corresponding materials with potential industrial applications, containing around 75 putative dehydrogenases. One of these putative dehydrogenases, Gox2181, was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3), and its X-ray crystal
Verena Kallnik et al.
Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 90(4), 1285-1293 (2011-02-25)
The first hyperthermophilic D-arabitol dehydrogenase from Thermotoga maritima was heterologously purified from Escherichia coli. The protein was purified with and without a Strep-tag. The enzyme exclusively catalyzed the NAD(H)-dependent oxidoreduction of D-arabitol, D-xylitol, D-ribulose, or D-xylulose. A twofold increase of
Monika Kordowska-Wiater et al.
Polish journal of microbiology, 61(4), 291-297 (2012-01-01)
L-arabitol is used in the food and pharmaceutical industries. It can be secreted by genetically modified Saccharomyces cerevisiae carrying the genes responsible for pentose metabolism in yeast cells. The process of the biotransformation of L-arabinose to arabitol is highly dependent
Sawan Kumar et al.
Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 89(5), 1405-1415 (2010-11-19)
Efficient conversion of hexose and pentose (glucose and xylose) by a single strain is a very important factor for the production of industrially important metabolites using lignocellulose as the substrate. The kinetics of growth and polyol production by Debaryomyces nepalensis
Srujana Koganti et al.
Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 90(1), 257-267 (2010-12-04)
Glycerol is a major by-product from biodiesel production, and developing new uses for glycerol is imperative to overall economics and sustainability of the biodiesel industry. With the aim of producing xylitol and/or arabitol as the value-added products from glycerol, 214
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