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decahydroxycyclopentane

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decahydroxycyclopentane

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Decahydroxycyclopentane is an organic compound with formula or . It is a fivefold geminal diol on a cyclopentane backbone.

Chemical data

Formula
C5H10O10
Molecular weight
230.13 g/mol
IUPAC name
cyclopentane-1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5-decol
SMILES
C1(C(C(C(C1(O)O)(O)O)(O)O)(O)O)(O)O
InChIKey
DYYJKUCFQJABMU-UHFFFAOYSA-N
XLogP
-6.9
Polar surface area
202 Ų
H-bond donors
10
H-bond acceptors
10
Formal charge
0

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Wikidata facts

Mass
230.02739652000002
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canonical SMILES
OC1(O)C(O)(O)C(O)(O)C(O)(O)C(O)1O
chemical formula
C₅H₁₀O₁₀
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Decahydroxycyclopentane is an organic compound with formula or . It is a fivefold geminal diol on a cyclopentane backbone.

The compound can be regarded as the fivefold hydrate of cyclopentanepentone. Indeed, the product referred to in the literature and trade as "cyclopentanepentone pentahydrate" () is now believed to be the decahydroxycyclopentane.

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