Acta Crystallographica Section E (Aug 2008)

1-Deoxy-d-galactitol (l-fucitol)

  • K. Victoria Booth,
  • Akihide Yoshihara,
  • Kenji Morimoto,
  • George W. J. Fleet,
  • Ken Izumori,
  • David J. Watkin,
  • Sarah F. Jenkinson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536808020345
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 64, no. 8
pp. o1429 – o1429

Abstract

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1-Deoxy-d-galactitol, C6H14O5, exists in the crystalline form as hydrogen-bonded layers of molecules running parallel to the ac plane, with each molecule acting as a donor and acceptor of five hydrogen bonds.