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Sigma-Aldrich

meso-Erythritol

≥99% (GC)

Synonym(s):

1,2,3,4-Butanetetrol, meso-1,2,3,4-Tetrahydroxybutane, i-Erythritol

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Linear Formula:
HOCH2[CH(OH)]2CH2OH
CAS Number:
149-32-6
Molecular Weight:
122.12
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1719753
EC Number:
205-737-3
MDL number:
MFCD00004710
UNSPSC Code:
12352201
PubChem Substance ID:
24894646
NACRES:
NA.25

Quality Level

200

assay

≥99% (GC)

form

powder

sweetness

0.7 × sucrose

color

white

bp

329-331 °C (lit.)

mp

118-120 °C (lit.)

solubility

H2O: 50 mg/mL, clear, colorless

storage temp.

−20°C

SMILES string

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

InChI

1S/C4H10O4/c5-1-3(7)4(8)2-6/h3-8H,1-2H2/t3-,4+

InChI key

UNXHWFMMPAWVPI-ZXZARUISSA-N

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Application

Meso-Erythritol (i-Erythritol) is a precursor to the important tanning agent L-erythrulose which can be commercially generated by Gluconobacter oxydans DSM 7145. Meso-Erythritol may be used to support the carbon source growth requirement of Gluconobacter bacteria. It is an aliphatic poly-alcohol used in the chemical analysis of the reactivity of various radicals and radical anions. Meso-Erythritol may be used in encapsulated phase change materials (PCMs) to study its potential use in microelectronics cooling applications. It may be used as a reference compound in purification and analytical procedures developed to test fermentation broths.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Allelic variation of the Tas1r3 gene affects behavioral taste responses to this sugar alcohol, suggesting that it is a T1R3 receptor ligand.

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Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk_germany

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

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Man-Yeon Choi et al.
Journal of economic entomology, 112(2), 981-985 (2018-11-30)
Previous studies have demonstrated various combinations of non-nutritive erythritol and sucrose having detrimental effects on Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura). Fly mortality is likely caused by 1) starvation from feeding on non-metabolizable erythritol; and 2) physiological imbalance with abnormally high osmotic pressure
Karnjapan Janthawornpong et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135(5), 1816-1822 (2013-01-16)
The MEP pathway, which is absent in animals but present in most pathogenic bacteria, in the parasite responsible for malaria and in plant plastids, is a target for the development of antimicrobial drugs. IspH, an oxygen-sensitive [4Fe-4S] enzyme, catalyzes the
H Hino et al.
Acta dermato-venereologica, 62(3), 185-191 (1982-01-01)
Keratinocytes were dissociated from normal human adult epidermis with clostridial collagenase, dithio-erythritol and trypsin, and cultured. Immediately after this, no connection was seen between contiguous cells. Ruptured desmosomes, with masses of tonofilaments and distinct attachment plaques were still left on
Yanmei Xiao et al.
Cell, 149(7), 1525-1535 (2012-06-26)
Plastid-derived signals are known to coordinate expression of nuclear genes encoding plastid-localized proteins in a process termed retrograde signaling. To date, the identity of retrograde-signaling molecules has remained elusive. Here, we show that methylerythritol cyclodiphosphate (MEcPP), a precursor of isoprenoids
K Noda et al.
European journal of clinical nutrition, 48(4), 286-292 (1994-04-01)
To investigate the effect of an oral administration of erythritol on serum glucose and insulin levels in healthy subjects and estimate available energy of erythritol in human. Ingestion of erythritol (0.3 g/kg body weight) or the same dose of glucose
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