Erythrose
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 D-Erythrose
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(2R,3R)-2,3,4-Trihydroxybutanal (D)
(2S,3S)-2,3,4-Trihydroxybutanal (L) |
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583-50-6 (D)  533-49-3 (L) |
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| ChEBI | CHEBI:27904 |
| ChemSpider | 84990 (D) |
| Jmol 3D model | (D): Interactive image (L): Interactive image |
| PubChem | 94176 (D) |
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| C4H8O4 | |
| Molar mass | 120.10 g·mol−1 |
| Appearance | Light yellow syrup |
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| Vapor pressure | {{{value}}} |
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Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Erythrose is a tetrose carbohydrate with the chemical formula C4H8O4. It has one aldehyde group, and so is part of the aldose family. The natural isomer is D-erythrose.
File:DL-Erythrose.svg
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Erythrose was first isolated in 1849 from rhubarb by the French pharmacist Louis Feux Joseph Garot (1798-1869),[2] and was named as such because of its red hue in the presence of alkali metals (ἐρυθρός, "red").[3][4]
Erythrose 4-phosphate is an intermediate in the pentose phosphate pathway[5] and the Calvin cycle.[6]
Erythrulose, an isomer of erythrose, is non-toxic.[7]
Oxidative bacteria can be made to use erythrose as its sole energy source.[8]
References
- ↑ Merck Index, 11th Edition, 3637
- ↑ Obituary of Garot (1869) Journal de pharmacie et de chimie, 4th series, 9 : 472-473.
- ↑ Garot (1850) "De la matière colorante rouge des rhubarbes exotiques et indigènes et de son application (comme matière colorante) aux arts et à la pharmacie" (On the red coloring material of exotic and indigenous rhubarb and on its application (as a coloring material) in the arts and in pharmacy), Journal de Pharmacie et de Chimie, 3rd series, 17 : 5-19. Erythrose is named on p. 10: "Celui que je propose, sans y attacher toutefois la moindre importance, est celui d'érythrose, du verbe grec 'ερυθραινω, rougir (1)." (The one [i.e., name] that I propose, without attaching any importance to it, is that of erythrose, from the Greek verb ερυθραινω, to redden (1).)
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- ↑ National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS). Erythrulose. 'Australia February 11, 2008.
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