Galactose
CAS Registry Number®
59-23-4
CAS Name
GalactoseMolecular Formula
C6H12O6Molecular Mass
180.16Cite this Page
Galactose. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=59-23-4 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 59-23-4). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Melting Point (1)
170 °CDensity (2)
1.616 g/cm³ @ Temp: -5 °C
Source(s)
- (1) PhysProp data were obtained from Syracuse Research Corporation of Syracuse, New York (US)
- (2) Beck, G.; Wiener Chemiker-Zeitung, (1943), 46, 18-22, CAplus
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-KCDKBNATSA-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-Galactose
- Galactose, D-
- Galactose
- D-(+)-Galactose
- (+)-Galactose
Deleted or Replaced CAS Registry Numbers
147-76-2, 3812-56-4, 400876-94-0, 790999-92-7
