Description
Alpha-Pentacetylglucose
Alpha-Pentacetylglucose Quick Details
Product Name: Glucose pentaacetate / Alpha-Pentacetylglucose
Chemical name: 1,2,3,4,6-Penta-O-Acetyl-α-D-Glucopyranose; α-D-glucose penta acetate
CAS: 604-68-2
Molecular formula: C16H22O11
Molecular weight: 390.34
Appearance: White crystalline powder
Assay: ≥98% (HPLC)
Characteristics: It is a white crystalline powder. It’s soluble in water and easy soluble in ethanol, chloroform etc.
Alpha-Pentacetylglucose Specifications
| Item | Specification |
| Appearance | White crystalline powder |
| Assay, %(GC) | ≥98.0 |
| Melting point,°C | 111.0~114.0 |
| Specific Rotation, [α]D20(C=1,CHCl3) |
+100.0~+103.0 |
| Residue on ignition, % | ≤0.10 |
| Water,% | ≤1.0 |
Alpha-Pentacetylglucose Usage
Uses: This product is mainly used for the synthesis arbutin.
Used as medicine, pharmaceutical intermediates and its modification, synthon of bioactive materials, activators of peroxides, additive of medicine, food and plastic, antisolvent crystallizations of pharmaceutical, enzyme and biomolecule, acetylation treatment of wood.
It also has certain antimicrobial activities including shigella dysenteriae, candida albicans, staphylococcus and more than 10 kinds of bacterias to be a potential antimicrobial agent. It has ovicidal effect on tetranychus urticae, whitefly to control arthropod pests. so used as plant growth regulators (PGRs).
Alpha-Pentacetylglucose Packaging
Package: 25kg/drum or as customer require.
Alpha-Pentacetylglucose Storage
Storage: Maintain in cool, dry containment.
Expiration Date: 2 years.