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Merck
CN

729698

(S)-(+)-Pantolactone

97%

Synonym(s):

(S)-(+)-α-Hydroxy-β,β-dimethyl-γ-butyrolactone, (S)-(+)-β,β-Dimethyl-α-hydroxy-γ-butyrolactone, (S)-Dihydro-3-hydroxy-4,4-dimethyl-2(3H)-furanone, L-Pantolactone

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C6H10O3
CAS Number:
5405-40-3
Molecular Weight:
130.14
UNSPSC Code:
12352005
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
329764500
MDL number:
MFCD00216625
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
4659425
Assay:
97%
Form:
crystals

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InChI key

SERHXTVXHNVDKA-SCSAIBSYSA-N

InChI

1S/C6H10O3/c1-6(2)3-9-5(8)4(6)7/h4,7H,3H2,1-2H3/t4-/m1/s1

SMILES string

CC1(C)COC(=O)[C@H]1O

assay

97%

form

crystals

optical activity

[α]22/D +50.0°, c = 0.5 in H2O

bp

120-122 °C/15 mmHg (lit.)

mp

89-93 °C

functional group

ester, hydroxyl

storage temp.

2-8°C

Quality Level

100

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pictograms

Corrosion
GHS05

signalword

Danger

hcodes

H318

Hazard Classifications

Eye Dam. 1

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

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A D Keefe et al.
Nature, 373(6516), 683-685 (1995-02-23)
The involvement of coenzyme A in many enzyme reactions suggests that it acted in this capacity very early in the development of life on Earth. Particularly relevant in this regard is its role in the activation of amino acids and
Dayong Si et al.
Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 95(2), 431-440 (2012-03-09)
The 1,2-propanediol (1,2-PD) inducible membrane-bound L-pantoyl lactone (L-PL) dehydrogenase (LPLDH) has been isolated from Rhodococcus erythropolis AKU2103 (Kataoka et al. in Eur J Biochem 204:799, 1992). Based on the N-terminal amino acid sequence of LPLDH and the highly conserved amino
R K Airas
The Biochemical journal, 250(2), 447-451 (1988-03-01)
A pseudomonad was separated having a pantothenase that produced beta-alanine and pantoic acid. The pantothenase from an old strain, Pseudomonas fluorescens UK-1, was shown to produce beta-alanine and pantoyl lactone. The pantoic acid-producing pantothenase was characterized and compared with the
Total synthesis and antitumor activity of ZK-EPO: the first fully synthetic epothilone in clinical development.
Ulrich Klar et al.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 45(47), 7942-7948 (2006-09-29)
A G Moĭseenok et al.
Voprosy meditsinskoi khimii, 30(1), 126-128 (1984-01-01)
A gas chromatographic procedure is described for quantitative estimation of alpha-hydroxy-beta 1 beta-dimethyl-gamma-butyrolactone (pantolactone). The chromatography was carried out using "LHM-8MD" apparatus equipped with a flame ionization detector. Columns with chromaton N-AW modified by 5% silicone XE-60 were used, helium
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