Altrose

Altrose
Preferred IUPAC name Altrose
Systematic name (2S,3R,4R)-2,3,4,5,6-Pentahydroxyhexanal
Identifiers
CAS number	1990-29-0 (D) N, 1949-88-8 (L) Y
ChemSpider	389851 Y
Jmol-3D images	Image 1 Image 2
SMILES OCC(O)[C@@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)C=O O[C@@H]1[C@H](O)[C@H](OC(O)[C@H]1O)CO
InChI InChI=1S/C6H12O6/c7-1-3(9)5(11)6(12)4(10)2-8/h1,3-6,8-12H,2H2/t3-,4?,5+,6-/m1/s1 N Key: GZCGUPFRVQAUEE-ZPQYLTHOSA-N N InChI=1S/C6H12O6/c7-1-2-3(8)4(9)5(10)6(11)12-2/h2-11H,1H2/t2-,3-,4-,5+,6?/m1/s1 InChI=1S/C6H12O6/c7-1-2-3(8)4(9)5(10)6(11)12-2/h2-11H,1H2/t2-,3-,4-,5+,6?/m1/s1 Key: WQZGKKKJIJFFOK-RSVSWTKNSA-N
Properties
Molecular formula	C6H12O6
Molar mass	180.16 g mol−1
Exact mass	180.063388116 g mol-1
Melting point	103-105 °C, 376-378 K, 217-221 °F
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Infobox references

Altrose is an aldohexose sugar. D-Altrose is an unnatural monosaccharide. It is soluble in water and practically insoluble in methanol. However, L-altrose has been isolated from strains of the bacterium Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens.

Altrose is a C-3 epimer of mannose.

Haworth projections of various forms of D-altrose