CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
| Physical Description | Dry Powder |
|---|---|
| Color/Form | Bipyramidal tetragonal prisms |
| Taste | About twice as sweet as sucrose |
| Boiling Point | 330.5 °C |
| Melting Point | 119-123 °C |
| Solubility | Freely soluble in water, slightly soluble in ethanol, insoluble in diethyl ether. |
| Density | 1.451 g/cu cm at 20 °C |
| Vapor Pressure | 0.0000237 [mmHg] |
| LogP | log Kow = -2.29 |
| Stability/Shelf Life | Erythritol has very good thermal and chemical stability. |
| Optical Rotation | Specific optical rotation: +11.1 °C/D alcohol, 5%; 04.4 deg water, 5-10% |
| Decomposition | Erythritol resists decomposition both in acidic and alkaline medida adn remains stable for prolonged periods at pH 2-10. |
| Viscosity | 1.3381 at 20 °C; 1.1372 at 30 °C; 0.8965 at 40 °C; 0.7251 at 50 °C (all in mPa.s) |
| Dissociation Constants | pKa = 13.903 (18 °C) |
| Collision Cross Section | 129.9 Ų [M+Na]+ [CCS Type: DT, Method: single field calibrated with ESI Low Concentration Tuning Mix (Agilent)] |
| Other Experimental Properties | Colorles liquid. BP: 138 °C; freezing point -18 °C; density 1.11. Hydrolyzed to erythritol when dissolved in water /Erythritol anhydride/ |
| Chemical Classes | Other Uses -> Food Additives |
COMPUTED DESCRIPTORS
| Molecular Weight | 122.12 g/mol |
|---|---|
| XLogP3 | -2.3 |
| Hydrogen Bond Donor Count | 4 |
| Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count | 4 |
| Rotatable Bond Count | 3 |
| Exact Mass | 122.05790880 g/mol |
| Monoisotopic Mass | 122.05790880 g/mol |
| Topological Polar Surface Area | 80.9 Ų |
| Heavy Atom Count | 8 |
| Formal Charge | 0 |
| Complexity | 48 |
| Isotope Atom Count | 0 |
| Defined Atom Stereocenter Count | 2 |
| Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Defined Bond Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Covalently-Bonded Unit Count | 1 |
| Compound Is Canonicalized | Yes |
PRODUCT INTRODUCTION
description
Erythritol is the meso-diastereomer of butane-1,2,3,4-tetrol. It has a role as an antioxidant, a plant metabolite and a human metabolite.