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ribitol

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A pentitol (five-carbon sugar alcohol) having meso-configuration, being derived from ribose by reduction of the carbonyl group. It occurs naturally in the plant Adonis vernalis.

Term info

Label

ribitol

Synonyms
  • (2R,3s,4S)-pentane-1,2,3,4,5-pentol
  • Ribitol
  • meso-ribitol
  • ribitol
database cross reference
Subsets

3_STAR

IUPAC NAME
meso-ribitol [ IUPAC ]

IUPAC NAME
(2R,3s,4S)-pentane-1,2,3,4,5-pentol [ IUPAC ]

charge

0

formula

C5H12O5

has alternative id

CHEBI:4230, CHEBI:8841, CHEBI:21074, CHEBI:27854, CHEBI:15043, CHEBI:26552, CHEBI:48505, CHEBI:57591

has obo namespace

chebi_ontology

has related synonym

(2R,3s,4S)-pentane-1,2,3,4,5-pentol, D-Adonitol, L-ribitol, D-Ribitol, Adonitol

id

CHEBI:15963

inchi

InChI=1S/C5H12O5/c6-1-3(8)5(10)4(9)2-7/h3-10H,1-2H2/t3-,4+,5-

inchikey

HEBKCHPVOIAQTA-ZXFHETKHSA-N

mass

152.14578

monoisotopicmass

152.06847

smiles

OC[C@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@H](O)CO