D-Galactosamine
[CAS# 7535-00-4]

Identification

• Name: D-Galactosamine
• Synonyms: (3R,4R,5R,6R)-3-Amino-6-(Hydroxymethyl)Tetrahydropyran-2,4,5-Triol; (3R,4R,5R,6R)-3-Amino-6-Methylol-Tetrahydropyran-2,4,5-Triol; Galactose, 2-Amino-2-Deoxy-, D-
• Molecular Formula: C₆H₁₃NO₅
• Molecular Weight: 179.17
• CAS Registry Number: 7535-00-4
• SMILES: [C@H]1([C@@H]([C@@H]([C@H](C(O1)O)N)O)O)CO
• InChI: 1S/C6H13NO5/c7-3-5(10)4(9)2(1-8)12-6(3)11/h2-6,8-11H,1,7H2/t2-,3-,4+,5-,6?/m1/s1
• InChIKey: MSWZFWKMSRAUBD-GASJEMHNSA-N

Properties

• Density: 1.563g/cm³ (Cal.)
• Boiling point: 449.861°C at 760 mmHg (Cal.)
• Flash point: 225.868°C (Cal.)

References

• (1): Nikolay P. Arbatsky, Anna N. Kondakova, Alexander S. Shashkov, Marina S. Drutskaya, Pavel V. Belousov, Sergei A. Nedospasov, Mayya A. Petrova and Yuriy A. Knirel. Structure of the O-antigen of Acinetobacter lwoffii EK30A; identification of d-homoserine, a novel non-sugar component of bacterial polysaccharides, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2010, 8, 3571.