β-d-Gulose

The title compound, C6H12O6, a C-3 position epimer of d-galactose, crystallized from an aqueous solution, was confirmed as β-d-pyranose with a 4C1 (C1) conformation. In the crystal, O—H...O hydrogen bonds between the hydroxy groups at the C-1 and C-6 positions connect molecules into a tape structure...

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Main Authors: Tomohiko Ishii, Shunsuke Ohga, Kazuhiro Fukada, Kenji Morimoto, Genta Sakane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Union of Crystallography 2014-05-01
Series:Acta Crystallographica Section E
Online Access:http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536814008046