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D-Sorbitol

99% (GC)

Synonym(s):

D-Glucitol

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C6H14O6
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
182.17
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1721899
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352201
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.21

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vapor density

<1 (vs air)

vapor pressure

<0.1 mmHg ( 25 °C)

assay

99% (GC)

form

powder

optical activity

[α]20/D +104°, c = 0.4 in acidified ammonium molybdate

color

white

useful pH range

5.0-7.0 (25 °C, 182 g/L)

mp

98-100 °C (lit.)

solubility

water: soluble 182 g/L at 20 °C (68 °F )

SMILES string

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

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

InChI key

FBPFZTCFMRRESA-JGWLITMVSA-N

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assay

99% (GC)

assay

≥98% (GC)

assay

≥99.0% (HPLC)

assay

72-92%

solubility

water: soluble 182 g/L at 20 °C (68 °F )

solubility

H2O: 1 M, clear, colorless (room temperature)

solubility

H2O: 1 M at 20 °C, clear, colorless

solubility

water: soluble 182 g/L at 20 °C (68 °F)

Quality Level

200

Quality Level

200

Quality Level

200

Quality Level

100

form

powder

form

powder or chunks

form

powder

form

liquid

color

white

color

white

color

colorless

color

white

useful pH range

5.0-7.0 (25 °C, 182 g/L)

useful pH range

5.0-7.0 (25 °C, 182 g/L)

useful pH range

-

useful pH range

5.0-7 (25 °C, 182 g/L)

Application

May be used for washing spheroplasts[1] and in isoelectric focusing to minimize endoosmotic flow in agarose gels.[2] May be used to induce osmotic stress.
Sorbitol, a bacterial culture supplement, has been used for the preparation of selective plating media to culture Sorbitol-fermenting bacteria including strains of Escherichia coli and Yersinia enterocolitica. It has also been used as one of the ingredients to prepare Drosophila embryos for immunoelectron microscopy.[3] It has also been used as an additive to glucuronoxylan as potential food packaging material.[4]

Biochem/physiol Actions

D-Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol that is commonly used as a sugar substitute. It occurs naturally and is also produced synthetically from glucose. The food industry uses D-sorbitol as an additive in the form of a sweetener, humectant, emulsifier, thickener, or dietary supplement. D-Sorbitol has also been found in cosmetics, paper, and pharmaceuticals. Naturally, D-sorbitol occurs widely in plants via photosynthesis, ranging from algae to higher order fruits of the family Rosaceae.
Sorbitol is a slowly metabolized sugar alcohol produced by reduction of glucose. In the polyol pathway, sorbitol is further oxidized to fructose by sorbitol dehydrogenase. Sorbitol does not diffuse easily across the cell membranes and may cause osmotic damage to the cells. The metabolism of sorbitol is most important in the pathology of diabetes related vascular complications.[5][6]

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Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk_germany

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)


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