GDL, white crystalline powder, almost odorless,freely soluble in water(60g/ml),has a slightly sweet taste, then sour, sparingly soluble in ethyl alcohol(1g/100ml),almost insoluble ether. Upon addition to water readily forms an mixture of the lactone gdl and gluconic acid.1% solution ph is 3.5,after 2H,PH is 2.5,about 153℃ decomposition.