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Nojirimycin

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Nojirimycin
Names
IUPAC name (3R,4S,5R,6R)-6-(Hydroxymethyl)-2,3,4,5-piperidinetetrol
Identifiers
CAS Number
3D model (JSmol)
ChEBI
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KEGG
PubChem CID
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InChI
  • InChI=1S/C6H13NO5/c8-1-2-3(9)4(10)5(11)6(12)7-2/h2-12H,1H2/t2-,3-,4+,5-,6?/m1/s1Key: BGMYHTUCJVZIRP-GASJEMHNSA-N
SMILES
  • C(1(((C(N1)O)O)O)O)O
Properties
Chemical formula C6H13NO5
Molar mass 179.172 g·mol
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C , 100 kPa). Infobox references
Chemical compound

Nojirimycin is the parent compound of a class of antibiotics and glycosidase inhibitors. Nojirimycin and its derivatives are mainly obtained from a class of Streptomyces species. Chemically, it is an iminosugar.

Derivatives

References

  1. Inouye, S.; Tsuruoka, T.; Ito, T.; Niida, T. (1968). "Structure and synthesis of nojirimycin". Tetrahedron. 24 (5): 2125–44. doi:10.1016/0040-4020(68)88115-3. PMID 5636917.


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