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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.

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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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