Galactose
Properties
- Molecular formula
- C6H12O6
- Molar mass
- 180.16 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 180.0634 Da
- Density
- 1.616 g/mL (at −5 °C)
- Melting point
- 170 °C
- logP
- -3.38Crippen estimate
- Polar surface area
- 118.2 Ų
- H-bond donors / acceptors
- 5 / 6
- Rotatable bonds
- 5
- Stereocentres
- R, S, S, Rin SMILES atom order
Identifiers
CAS number
59-23-4SMILES
O=C[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)COInChIKey
GZCGUPFRVQAUEE-KCDKBNATSA-NInChI
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/s1Weigh it out
Type any one amount. The others follow from the molar mass and density.
Names and synonyms
4 names
- D-Galactose
- Galactose, D-
- D-(+)-Galactose
- (+)-Galactose
Work with Galactose
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