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L-fucitol
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Fucitol, also known as L-fucitol, 1-deoxy-L-galactitol, and '(2R,3S,4R,5S)-hexane-1,2,3,4,5-pentol', is a sugar alcohol derived from fucoidan which is found in the North Atlantic seaweed Fucus vesiculosus or by the reduction of fucose.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C6H14O5
- Molecular weight
- 166.17 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- (2R,3S,4R,5S)-hexane-1,2,3,4,5-pentol
- SMILES
- C[C@@H]([C@H]([C@H]([C@@H](CO)O)O)O)O
- InChIKey
- SKCKOFZKJLZSFA-KCDKBNATSA-N
- XLogP
- -2
- Polar surface area
- 101 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 5
- H-bond acceptors
- 5
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 166.084
Show 5 more facts
- chemical formula
- C₆H₁₄O₅
- Commons category
- Fucitol
- isomeric SMILES
- C[C@@H]([C@H]([C@H]([C@@H](CO)O)O)O)O
- canonical SMILES
- CC(C(C(C(CO)O)O)O)O
- found in taxon
- Carum carvi
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Fucitol, also known as L-fucitol, 1-deoxy-L-galactitol, and '(2R,3S,4R,5S)-hexane-1,2,3,4,5-pentol', is a sugar alcohol derived from fucoidan which is found in the North Atlantic seaweed Fucus vesiculosus or by the reduction of fucose.
==See also== Galactitol
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