Allose

Allose is an aldohexose sugar. It is a rare monosaccharide that occurs as a 6-O-cinnamyl glycoside in the leaves of the African shrub Protea rubropilosa. Extracts from the fresh-water alga Ochromas malhamensis contain this sugar but of unknown absolute configuration. It is soluble in water and practically insoluble in methanol.

Allose
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Allose
Systematic IUPAC name
(2R,3R,4R,5R)-2,3,4,5,6-Pentahydroxyhexanal
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEBI
ChemSpider
PubChem CID
UNII
  • 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+/m0/s1 N
    Key: GZCGUPFRVQAUEE-OBOOZECYSA-N N
SMILES
  • OCC(O)[C@@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@@H](O)C=O
Properties
C6H12O6
Molar mass 180.156 g·mol−1
Melting point 128 °C (262 °F; 401 K)
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Infobox references

Allose is a C-3 epimer of glucose.

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