4578. d-Gulose

Nomenclature

CAS number: 4205-23-6
C6H12O6; mol wt 180.16.
C 40.00%, H 6.71%, O 53.28%.

Description and references

Prepd by sodium amalgam reduction of an acid soln of the γ-lactone of d-gulonic acid: Fischer, Stahel, Ber. 24, 532 (1891); van Ekenstein, Blanksma, Rec. Trav. Chim. 27, 3 (1908). Alternate synthesis: Meyer zu Reckendorf, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 6, 177 (1967); idem, Methods Carbohydr. Chem. 6, 129 (1972); R. Kster et al., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 19, 547 (1980).

Chemical structure

Properties

Syrup. Sweet taste. [α]D20 20.4°. Sol in water, slightly sol in alcohol. Not fermentable by yeast.