Nomenclature
CAS number: 6035-50-3
α-Acrose; methose.
C
6H
12O
6; mol wt 180.16.
C 40.00%, H 6.71%, O 53.28%.
Description and references
Component of formose (polymerization product
of formaldehyde): Vogel, Helv. Chim. Acta 11, 370 (1928).
Properties
Needles from methanol. d416 1.665. mp 129-130° (slow heating). Reduces Fehling's soln.Derivative
Phenylosazone.
C
18H
22N
4O
4; mol wt 358.39.
C 60.32%, H 6.19%, N 15.63%, O 17.86%.
Properties
mp 216-217°.