Title: Sarmentose
CAS Registry Number: 13484-14-5
CAS Name: 2,6-Dideoxy-3-O-methyl-xylo-hexose
Molecular Formula: C7H14O4
Molecular Weight: 162.18
Percent Composition: C 51.84%, H 8.70%, O 39.46%
Literature References: A methyl ether of a 2-desoxyhexomethylose, isomeric with cymarose. Obtained on hydrolysis of sarmentocymarin, a glycoside isolated from seeds of Strophanthus sarmentosus DC., Apocynaceae by the enzymic method: Jacobs, Heidelberger, J. Biol. Chem. 81, 765 (1929); Jacobs, Bigelow, ibid. 96, 355 (1932). Synthesis: H. Hauenstein, T. Reichstein, Helv. Chim. Acta 33, 446 (1950).
Properties: Prisms, plates from ether + petr ether, mp 78-79°. Shows mutarotation. [a]D20 +12° (20 min) ® +15.8° (24 hrs c = 1.08): Elderfield, Adv. Carbohydr. Chem. 1, 172 (1945).
Melting point: mp 78-79°
Optical Rotation: [a]D20 +12° (20 min) ® +15.8° (24 hrs c = 1.08): Elderfield, Adv. Carbohydr. Chem. 1, 172 (1945) |