D-(+)-FUCOSE Chemical Properties

Melting point:

144-145 °C(lit.)

alpha 

D19 +127.0° (7 min) +89.4° (31 min) +77.2° (71 min) +76.0° (final value 146 min, c = 10)

Boiling point:

211.61°C (rough estimate)

Density 

1.1738 (rough estimate)

refractive index 

75.5 ° (C=10, H2O)

storage temp. 

Inert atmosphere,Room Temperature

solubility 

H₂O: 0.1 g/mL, clear, colorless

form 

Crystalline Powder

pka

12.50±0.20(Predicted)

color 

White

optical activity

+153 → +76

Sensitive 

Hygroscopic

Merck 

14,4278

BRN 

1723320

LogP

-2.040 (est)

CAS DataBase Reference

3615-37-0(CAS DataBase Reference)

EPA Substance Registry System

D-Galactose, 6-deoxy- (3615-37-0)

Safety Information

Hazard Codes 

Xi

Risk Statements 

36/37/38

Safety Statements 

24/25-36/37/39-27-26

WGK Germany 

3

F 

3-10

TSCA 

Yes

HS Code 

29400000

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D-(+)-FUCOSE Usage And Synthesis

Chemical Properties

White crystalline powder

Uses

D-Fucose is a hexose deoxy sugar found on N-linked glycans that appears on the cell surface of mammalian and plant cells. D-Fucose is also the building block of fucoidan polysaccharide, an sulfated polysaccharide found in various species of brown algae.

Definition

ChEBI: The six-membered ring form of D-fucose.

Purification Methods

Crystallise D(+)-fucose from EtOH or 95% EtOH. Its 1,2:3,4-diisopropylidene derivative has b 83-84o/0.45mm and crystallises on seeding with m 37o and[]19 -52o (melt). [Schmidt Methods in Carbohydrate Chemistry I 191 1962, Academic Press, Haskett et al. J Am Chem Soc 61 1658 1939, Beilstein 31 H 76, 1 IV 4265.]

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