Abequose

Abequose
Names
	IUPAC name (2R,4R,5R)-2,4,5-Trihydroxyhexanal
	Other names 3,6-Dideoxy-D-xylo-hexose
Identifiers
CAS Number	56816-60-5; pyranose: 644-48-4;
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image; pyranose: Interactive image;
ChEBI	CHEBI:27778;
ChemSpider	4573722; pyranose: 141071;
DrugBank	DB02590;
KEGG	pyranose: C06471;
PubChem CID	5460035; pyranose: 160540;
UNII	ZP07RTT4BN;
	InChI InChI=1S/C6H12O4/c1-4(8)6(10)2-5(9)3-7/h3-6,8-10H,2H2,1H3/t4-,5-,6-/m1/s1 Key: GNTQICZXQYZQNE-HSUXUTPPSA-N; pyranose: InChI=1S/C6H12O4/c1-3-4(7)2-5(8)6(9)10-3/h3-9H,2H2,1H3/t3-,4-,5-,6?/m1/s1 Key: KYPWIZMAJMNPMJ-JDJSBBGDSA-N;
	SMILES C[C@H]([C@@H](C[C@H](C=O)O)O)O; pyranose: C[C@@H]1[C@@H](C[C@H](C(O1)O)O)O;
Properties
Chemical formula	C6H12O4
Molar mass	148.158 g·mol−1
	Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). Infobox references

Abequose is a hexose and a 3,6-dideoxysugar. It is a constituent of the in O-specific chains in lipopolysaccharides that occur in certain serotypes of Salmonella^[1]^[2] and Citrobacter bacteria.^[3] It is the enantiomer of colitose.

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^ Katzenellenbogen, Ewa; Kocharova, Nina A.; Toukach, Philip V.; Górska, Sabina; Korzeniowska-Kowal, Agnieszka; Bogulska, Maria; Gamian, Andrzej; Knirel, Yuriy A. (2009). "Structure of an abequose-containing O-polysaccharide from Citrobacter freundii O22 strain PCM 1555". Carbohydrate Research. 344 (13): 1724–1728. doi:10.1016/j.carres.2009.06.005. PMID 19576576.