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D-erythrose
Sign in to saveErythrose is a tetrose saccharide with the chemical formula C4H8O4. It has one aldehyde group, and is thus part of the aldose family. The natural isomer is D-erythrose; it is a diastereomer of D-threose. thumb|left|Fischer projections depicting the two enantiomers of erythrose
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It sits within the topics Aldotetroses, Chembox image size set and Chemical articles with multiple CAS registry numbers.
Its subject is documented across 31 Wikipedia language editions.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C4H8O4
- Molecular weight
- 120.1 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- (2R,3R)-2,3,4-trihydroxybutanal
- SMILES
- C([C@H]([C@H](C=O)O)O)O
- InChIKey
- YTBSYETUWUMLBZ-IUYQGCFVSA-N
- XLogP
- -2.2
- Polar surface area
- 77.8 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 3
- H-bond acceptors
- 4
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 120.042259
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- Commons category
- Erythrose
- chemical formula
- C₄H₈O₄
- canonical SMILES
- C(C(C(C=O)O)O)O
- isomeric SMILES
- C([C@H]([C@H](C=O)O)O)O
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Erythrose is a tetrose saccharide with the chemical formula C4H8O4. It has one aldehyde group, and is thus part of the aldose family. The natural isomer is D-erythrose; it is a diastereomer of D-threose. thumb|left|Fischer projections depicting the two enantiomers of erythrose
Erythrose was first isolated in 1849 from rhubarb by the French pharmacist Louis-Félix-Joseph Garot (1798–1869), and was named as such because of its red hue in the presence of alkali metals (ἐρυθρός, "red").
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