Ribit

Structural formula
General
Surname	Ribit
other names	Adonitol Adonit Adonitrol Pentitol 1,2,3,4,5-pentane pentole Ribitol
Molecular formula	C 5 H 12 O 5
Brief description	colorless crystals
External identifiers / databases
CAS number 488-81-3 EC number 207-685-7 ECHA InfoCard 100.006.987 PubChem 827 Wikidata Q416534
properties
Molar mass	152.15 g mol −1
Physical state	firmly
Melting point	100.5 ° C
safety instructions
GHS labeling of hazardous substances no GHS pictograms H and P phrases H: no H-phrases P: no P-phrases
As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions .

Ribit , often also referred to as Adonit (ol), is a pentavalent sugar alcohol that is produced by reducing ribose .

Occurrence

Adonis vernalis ( Adonis vernalis )

Ribit is a natural substance and occurs in the plant Adonis vernalis (Adonis rose).

meaning

Ribitol is of biological relevance as a component of the coenzyme flavin adenine dinucleotide (FADH ₂ ).

See also

• Xylitol

Web links

• Biological Magnetic Resonance Data Bank : Adonitol (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry on Ribitol. In: Römpp Online . Georg Thieme Verlag, accessed on December 28, 2014.
2. ↑ Bo Tong, Ying Yu, Zhi-Cheng Tan, Chang-Gong Meng, Li-Jun Cui, Guang Xiao, Rui-Bin Liu: Thermodynamic investigation of several natural polyols (IV): Heat capacities and thermodynamic properties of adonitol in Thermochim. Acta 499 (2010) 117-122, doi : 10.1016 / j.tca.2009.11.011 .
3. ↑ Data adonitol at Sigma-Aldrich , accessed on May 9, 2017 ( PDF ).