Allose
Allose is an aldohexose sugar. It is a rare monosaccharide that occurs as a 6-O-cinnamyl glycoside in the leaves of the African shrub Protea rubropilosa. Extracts from the fresh-water alga Ochromas malhamensis contain this sugar but of unknown absolute configuration. It is soluble in water and practically insoluble in methanol.
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| Preferred IUPAC name
Allose | |
| Systematic IUPAC name
(2R,3R,4R,5R)-2,3,4,5,6-Pentahydroxyhexanal | |
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.018.178 |
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C6H12O6 |
| Molar mass | 180.156 g·mol−1 |
| Melting point | 128 °C (262 °F; 401 K) |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). | |
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Allose is a C-3 epimer of glucose.
Notes
- The Merck Index: An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals (11th ed.), Merck, 1989, ISBN 091191028X
References
- Carbohydrates, edited by P.M. Collins, Chapman and Hall, ISBN 0-412-26960-0

