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D-arabinitol
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Arabitol, or arabinitol, is a sugar alcohol. It can be formed by the reduction of either arabinose. Some organic acid tests check for the presence of D-arabitol, which may indicate overgrowth of intestinal microbes such as Candida albicans or other yeast/fungus species.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C5H12O5
- Molecular weight
- 152.15 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- (2R,4R)-pentane-1,2,3,4,5-pentol
- SMILES
- C([C@H](C([C@@H](CO)O)O)O)O
- InChIKey
- HEBKCHPVOIAQTA-QWWZWVQMSA-N
- XLogP
- -2.5
- Polar surface area
- 101 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 5
- H-bond acceptors
- 5
- Formal charge
- 0
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Encyclopedic overview
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Arabitol, or arabinitol, is a sugar alcohol. It can be formed by the reduction of either arabinose. Some organic acid tests check for the presence of D-arabitol, which may indicate overgrowth of intestinal microbes such as Candida albicans or other yeast/fungus species.
Arabitol and lyxitol are diastereomeric pentitols, differing in the configuration of two stereocenters. Arabitol was initially produced, soon after its discovery, through the catalytic reduction of D-arabinose or D-lixose. It can be obtained in two spatial forms: L-arabitol and D-arabitol.
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