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Offline GloW

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Arabinitol and ribitol
« on: November 13, 2006, 10:07:28 PM »
Hi,

what's the difference between arabinitol and ribitol pls?
do they have the same molecular formula, just different OH position or what?
Thanks in advance!
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Re: Arabinitol and ribitol
« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2006, 11:08:55 PM »
Hi GloW:

Check this: http://www.chemindustry.com/chemicals/34842.html
or check it out on PUBCHEM: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

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Re: Arabinitol and ribitol
« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2006, 01:02:44 AM »
They are epimers of each other.  This means that they are stereoisomers (diastereomers, to be specific) which differ in their arrangement about only one chiral center.
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