Eritruloz
Also known as erythrulose, glycero-tetrulose
D-Erythrulose (also known as erythrulose) is a tetrose carbohydrate with the chemical formula C4H8O4. It has one ketone group and so is part of the ketose family. It is used in some self-tanning cosmetics, in general, combined with dihydroxyacetone (DHA).
Chemical data
- Formula
- C4H8O4
- Molecular weight
- 120.1 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 1,3,4-trihydroxybutan-2-one
- SMILES
- C(C(C(=O)CO)O)O
- InChIKey
- UQPHVQVXLPRNCX-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- -2
- Polar surface area
- 77.8 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 3
- H-bond acceptors
- 4
- Formal charge
- 0
via PubChem
Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 120.042259