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Altrose
IUPAC name	6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane- 2,3,4,5-tetrol
Identifiers
CAS number	D:1990-29-0 L:1949-88-8
PubChem	441032
SMILES	C([C@@H]1[C@H]([C@H]([C@@H](C(O1)O)O)O)O)O
Properties
Molecular formula	C6H12O6
Molar mass	180.16 g/mol
Melting point	103-105 °C
Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa) Infobox references

Altrose is an aldohexose sugar. The D isomer is an unnatural monosaccharide. It is soluble in water and practically insoluble in methanol. L-altrose has been isolated from strains of the bacterium Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens.^[1]

Altrose is a C-3 epimer of mannose.

References

1. ^ US patent 4966845, "Microbial production of L-altrose", granted 1990-10-30, assigned to Government of the United States of America, Secretary of Agriculture 

• Merck Index, 11th Edition, 319.

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