Glucose

CAS Registry Number®

50-99-7

CAS Name

Glucose

Molecular Formula

C6H12O6

Molecular Mass

180.16

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Glucose.   CAS Common Chemistry.   CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d.   http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=50-99-7 (retrieved 2025-07-17) (CAS RN: 50-99-7).  Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Compound Properties

  • Melting Point (1)

    146 °C

  • Density (1)

    1.544 g/cm³

Source(s)

  • (1) Hazardous Substances Data Bank data were obtained from the National Library of Medicine (US)

Other Names and Identifiers

InChI

InChI=1S/C6H12O6/c7-1-3(9)5(11)6(12)4(10)2-8/h1,3-6,8-12H,2H2/t3-,4+,5+,6+/m0/s1

InChIKey

InChIKey=GZCGUPFRVQAUEE-SLPGGIOYSA-N

SMILES

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

Canonical SMILES

O=CC(O)C(O)C(O)C(O)CO

Other Names for this Substance

  • D-Glucose
  • Anhydrous dextrose
  • Cartose
  • Cerelose
  • Corn sugar

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Deleted or Replaced CAS Registry Numbers

8012-24-6, 8030-23-7, 50933-92-1, 80206-31-1, 111688-73-4, 162222-91-5, 165659-51-8, 2095624-06-7

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