Title:  D-Ribulose 
CAS Registry Number:  488-84-6 
CAS Name:  D-erythro-2-Pentulose 
Additional Names:  D-adonose;  D-erythro-2-ketopentose 
Molecular Formula:  C5H10O5 
Molecular Weight:  150.13 
Percent Composition:  C 40.00%, H 6.71%, O 53.29% 
Literature References:  Prepn from D-arabinose:  Glatthaar, Reichstein, Helv. Chim. Acta 18, 80 (1935); from 2-keto-D-gluconic acid:  Hall et al., Biochem. J. 60, 271 (1955); from D-fructose:  P. M. Collins et al., J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 1 1980, 277.  Stereoselective synthesis:  M. Yamaguchi, T. Mukaiyama, Chem. Lett. 1981, 1005; K. Suzuki et al., ibid. 1529. 
Properties:  Sweet syrup.  [a]D24 -15° (c = 0.5 in water). 
Optical Rotation:  [a]D24 -15° (c = 0.5 in water) 
  
Derivative Type:  Diphosphate  
Molecular Formula:  C5H12O11P2 
Molecular Weight:  310.09 
Percent Composition:  C 19.37%, H 3.90%, O 56.76%, P 19.98% 
Literature References:  Prepn from D-ribose-5-phosphate:  Horecker et al., Biochem. Prep. 6, 83 (1958). 
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