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D-Mannitol

tested according to Ph. Eur.

Synonym(s):

Mannitolum, Mannite

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C6H14O6
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
182.17
UNSPSC Code:
12352201
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
200-711-8
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1721898
MDL number:

Product Name

D-Mannitol, tested according to Ph. Eur.

SMILES string

OC[C@@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@H](O)CO

InChI key

FBPFZTCFMRRESA-KVTDHHQDSA-N

InChI

1S/C6H14O6/c7-1-3(9)5(11)6(12)4(10)2-8/h3-12H,1-2H2/t3-,4-,5-,6-/m1/s1

Quality Level

agency

tested according to Ph. Eur.

assay

≥97%

form

powder

mp

167-170 °C (lit.)

solubility

water: soluble(lit.)

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Application

D-Mannitol may be used in the preparation of the following:
  • D-mannitol and L-iditol bis-epoxides, useful substrates for the synthesis of polyhydroxylated piperidines and azepanes
  • chiral hydroxyl monophosphane, [(2S,3S,4S,5S)-3,4-dihydroxy-2,5-dimethyl-1-phenylphospholane]
  • bisphospholanes, [1,2-bis[(2S,3S,4S,5S)-3,4-dihydroxy-2,5-dimethylphospholanyl]benzene] and [1,2-bis[(2S,3S,4S,5S)-2,5-diethyl-3,4-dihydroxyphospholanyl]benzene]

Biochem/physiol Actions

A sugar alcohol sweet tastant. Used in sweetness inhibition studies.

General description

D-Mannitol (Mannite, Mannitolum), an alditol, is an sweet tasting crystalline solid. It is naturally found in manna, olives, mushrooms and celery plants. It has been synthesized from glucose, via catalytic hydrogenation reaction. It is widely used as growth supplement in bacterial cultures.
D-Mannitol is an acyclic carbohydrate. Crystal parameters and space groups of the various polymorphic crystalline forms of mannitol have been reported. It has been proposed as an artificial sweetner. Synthesis of D-mannitol from D-glucose or D-glucose/D-fructose syrups in the presence of glucose isomerase and copper-on-silica has been proposed.

wgk

WGK 1

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)


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Polyhydroxylated piperidines and azepanes from D-mannitol synthesis of 1-deoxynojirimycin and analogues.
Poitout L, et al.
Tetrahedron Letters, 35(20), 3293-3296 (1990)
Production Methods of D-Mannitol.
Makkee M, et al.
Starch/Staerke, 37(4), 136-141 (1985)
The crystal structures of the α′- and β- forms of D-mannitol.
Berman HM, et al.
Acta Crystallographica Section B, Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials, 24(3), 442-449 (1968)
W Li et al.
The Journal of organic chemistry, 65(11), 3489-3496 (2000-06-08)
Chiral hydroxyl monophosphane 3 [(2S,3S,4S,5S)-3,4-dihydroxy-2, 5-dimethyl-1-phenylphospholane] and bisphospholanes 5a [1,2-bis[(2S, 3S,4S,5S)-3,4-dihydroxy-2,5-dimethylphospholanyl]benzene] and 5b [1, 2-bis[(2S,3S,4S,5S)-2,5-diethyl-3,4-dihydroxyphospholanyl]benzene] were synthesized from readily available D-mannitol in high yields. Strategies for protection and deprotection of OH-groups in the presence of phosphines have been explored. Rate
Eagleson M.
Concise Encyclopedia Chemistry, 622-622 (1994)

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