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English name: ribitol adonitol, adonit, adonose, admitol and pentitol. Molecular formula: C 5 H 12 O 5 . Molecular weight: 132.15. White diamond or needle crystal with no optical rotation. Melting point: 102.-104. Soluble in water or hot ethanol, insoluble in ether or coarse petrol, with no react to Fehling reagent. In some plants such as Adonis vernalis L., Bupleurum faleatum L., L-ribose is used as the material, and obtained by reducing with sodium amalgam. It can be used to prepare vitamin B2 (riboflavin) intermediate, and synthesize vaccine to prevent infections induced by Hib, and it can also be used in biochemical studies.
CAS number: 488-81-3.