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glucal
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Glucal is the glycal formed from glucose. It is a chemical intermediate in the synthesis of a variety of oligosaccharides.
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Within Vinony's link graph, glucal is referenced by 4 other articles, and connects out to International Standard Book Number, glucose and digital object identifier.
It sits within the topics Chembox having GHS data, Chembox image size set and ECHA InfoCard ID from Wikidata.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C6H10O4
- Molecular weight
- 146.14 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- (2R,3S,4R)-2-(hydroxymethyl)-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran-3,4-diol
- SMILES
- C1=CO[C@@H]([C@H]([C@@H]1O)O)CO
- InChIKey
- YVECGMZCTULTIS-PBXRRBTRSA-N
- XLogP
- -1
- Polar surface area
- 69.9 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 3
- H-bond acceptors
- 4
- Formal charge
- 0
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- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 146.058
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- chemical formula
- C₆H₁₀O₄
- canonical SMILES
- C1=COC(C(C1O)O)CO
- isomeric SMILES
- C1=CO[C@@H]([C@H]([C@@H]1O)O)CO
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- Glucal
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Encyclopedic overview
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Glucal is the glycal formed from glucose. It is a chemical intermediate in the synthesis of a variety of oligosaccharides.
Glucal and its derivatives can be converted to other chemically useful sugars using the Ferrier rearrangement.
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