L-Erythrose

Description: L(+)-Erythrose is an aldotetrose rare sugar. It may be used in glycation studies and as a reference compound in tetrose carbohydrate separation and quantitation analysis. It also can be used to help identify and characterize erythrose reductase(s) and to study the mechanisms of mutarotation in mono sugars. Target: Others. Smiles: OC[C@H](O)[C@H](O)C=O. References: Draskovits M, Stanetty C, Baxendale IR, Mihovilovic MD. Indium- and Zinc-Mediated Acyloxyallylation of Protected and Unprotected Aldotetroses-Revealing a Pronounced Diastereodivergence and a Fundamental Difference in the Performance of the Mediating Metal. J Org Chem. 2018 Mar 2,83(5):2647-2659. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b03063. Epub 2018 Feb 9. PubMed PMID: 29369620, PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5838623.