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Home/Compounds/Food Additive/Pentitol
C5H12O5
152.15 g/mol
Food Additive

Pentitol

CAS16277-71-7
Category
Food Additive
Compound Class
Alcohol
Primary Use
sugar alcohol sweetener

Ribitol, also known as adonitol, is a crystalline pentose alcohol that occurs naturally in the plant Adonis vernalis and in the cell walls of some Gram-positive bacteria as part of teichoic acids. It is a component of the chemical structure of riboflavin and flavin mononucleotide (FMN), a coenzyme used by flavoproteins.

sugar alcohol sweetenerbuilding block in the synthesis of riboflavin and FMN

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Referencestereoisomer of

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Referencestereoisomer of

(2R,4S)-pentane-1,2,3,4,5-pentol

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Identifiers
IUPAC Name

pentane-1,2,3,4,5-pentol

InChIKey

HEBKCHPVOIAQTA-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

C(C(C(C(CO)O)O)O)O

Synonyms (15)
  • E967
  • 1,3,4,5-Pentanepentol
  • Adonitol;Adonite
  • Arabinitol-
  • D-Arabitol (Standard)
  • DL-Xylitol
  • Klinit (TN)
  • L-Arabinose alcohol
  • Pentane-1,2,3,4,5-pentaol
  • Pentitol
  • Wood sugar alcohol
  • Xylitol (JP18/NF)
  • a pentitol
  • arabitol(d)
  • pentane-1,2,3,4,5-pentol