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  <version>1.0</version>
  <creation_date>2010-04-08 22:04:50 UTC</creation_date>
  <update_date>2025-11-18 22:28:12 UTC</update_date>
  <accession>FDB001119</accession>
  <name>2-C-Methyl-1,4-erythrono-D-lactone</name>
  <description>Constituent of Trifolium incarnatum (crimson clover) and Phaseolus vulgaris (kidney bean). 2-C-Methyl-1,4-erythrono-D-lactone is found in many foods, some of which are tea, yellow wax bean, green bean, and pulses.</description>
  <synonyms>
  </synonyms>
  <chemical_formula>C5H8O4</chemical_formula>
  <average_molecular_weight>132.1146</average_molecular_weight>
  <monisotopic_moleculate_weight>132.042258744</monisotopic_moleculate_weight>
  <iupac_name>3,4-dihydroxy-3-methyloxolan-2-one</iupac_name>
  <traditional_iupac>3,4-dihydroxy-3-methyloxolan-2-one</traditional_iupac>
  <cas_registry_number>18465-71-9</cas_registry_number>
  <smiles>CC1(O)C(O)COC1=O</smiles>
  <inchi>InChI=1S/C5H8O4/c1-5(8)3(6)2-9-4(5)7/h3,6,8H,2H2,1H3</inchi>
  <inchikey>OHTGZAWPVDWARE-UHFFFAOYSA-N</inchikey>
  <taxonomy>
    <description> belongs to the class of organic compounds known as gamma butyrolactones. Gamma butyrolactones are compounds containing a gamma butyrolactone moiety, which consists of an aliphatic five-member ring with four carbon atoms, one oxygen atom, and bears a ketone group on the carbon adjacent to the oxygen atom.</description>
    <direct_parent>Gamma butyrolactones</direct_parent>
    <kingdom>Organic compounds</kingdom>
    <super_class>Organoheterocyclic compounds</super_class>
    <class>Lactones</class>
    <sub_class>Gamma butyrolactones</sub_class>
    <molecular_framework>Aliphatic heteromonocyclic compounds</molecular_framework>
    <alternative_parents>
      <alternative_parent>1,2-diols</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Carbonyl compounds</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Carboxylic acid esters</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Hydrocarbon derivatives</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Monocarboxylic acids and derivatives</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Organic oxides</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Oxacyclic compounds</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Secondary alcohols</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Tertiary alcohols</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Tetrahydrofurans</alternative_parent>
    </alternative_parents>
    <substituents>
      <substituent>1,2-diol</substituent>
      <substituent>Alcohol</substituent>
      <substituent>Aliphatic heteromonocyclic compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Carbonyl group</substituent>
      <substituent>Carboxylic acid derivative</substituent>
      <substituent>Carboxylic acid ester</substituent>
      <substituent>Gamma butyrolactone</substituent>
      <substituent>Hydrocarbon derivative</substituent>
      <substituent>Monocarboxylic acid or derivatives</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic oxide</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic oxygen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Organooxygen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Oxacycle</substituent>
      <substituent>Secondary alcohol</substituent>
      <substituent>Tertiary alcohol</substituent>
      <substituent>Tetrahydrofuran</substituent>
    </substituents>
    <external_descriptors>
    </external_descriptors>
  </taxonomy>
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      <value>-1.46</value>
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    </property>
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      <value>0.80</value>
      <source>ALOGPS</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>solubility</kind>
      <value>8.36e+02 g/l</value>
      <source>ALOGPS</source>
    </property>
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    <value>-1.1</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <value>11.57</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <value>-3.7</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <value>3,4-dihydroxy-3-methyloxolan-2-one</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <kind>mono_mass</kind>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <kind>smiles</kind>
    <value>CC1(O)C(O)COC1=O</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <kind>formula</kind>
    <value>C5H8O4</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <value>InChI=1S/C5H8O4/c1-5(8)3(6)2-9-4(5)7/h3,6,8H,2H2,1H3</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <kind>inchikey</kind>
    <value>OHTGZAWPVDWARE-UHFFFAOYSA-N</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <kind>polar_surface_area</kind>
    <value>66.76</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <kind>refractivity</kind>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <kind>polarizability</kind>
    <value>11.64</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <kind>rotatable_bond_count</kind>
    <value>0</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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  <property>
    <kind>acceptor_count</kind>
    <value>3</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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  <property>
    <kind>donor_count</kind>
    <value>2</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <kind>physiological_charge</kind>
    <value>0</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <kind>formal_charge</kind>
    <value>0</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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  <chemspider_id/>
  <kegg_id/>
  <chebi_id/>
  <biocyc_id/>
  <het_id/>
  <wikipidia/>
  <vmh_id/>
  <fbonto_id/>
  <foodb_id/>
  <general_references>
  </general_references>
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    <food>
      <name>Black tea</name>
      <food_type>Type 1</food_type>
      <category/>
      <name_scientific/>
      <ncbi_taxonomy_id/>
    </food>
    <food>
      <name>Green bean</name>
      <food_type>Type 1</food_type>
      <category>specific</category>
      <name_scientific>Phaseolus vulgaris</name_scientific>
      <ncbi_taxonomy_id>3885</ncbi_taxonomy_id>
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      <name>Green tea</name>
      <food_type>Type 1</food_type>
      <category/>
      <name_scientific/>
      <ncbi_taxonomy_id/>
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    <food>
      <name>Herbal tea</name>
      <food_type>Type 1</food_type>
      <category/>
      <name_scientific/>
      <ncbi_taxonomy_id/>
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      <name>Pulses</name>
      <food_type>Unknown</food_type>
      <category>generic</category>
      <name_scientific></name_scientific>
      <ncbi_taxonomy_id/>
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      <name>Red tea</name>
      <food_type>Type 1</food_type>
      <category/>
      <name_scientific/>
      <ncbi_taxonomy_id/>
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    <food>
      <name>Tea</name>
      <food_type>Type 1</food_type>
      <category>specific</category>
      <name_scientific>Camellia sinensis</name_scientific>
      <ncbi_taxonomy_id>4442</ncbi_taxonomy_id>
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      <name>Yellow wax bean</name>
      <food_type>Type 1</food_type>
      <category>specific</category>
      <name_scientific>Phaseolus vulgaris</name_scientific>
      <ncbi_taxonomy_id>3885</ncbi_taxonomy_id>
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  </flavors>
  <enzymes>
  </enzymes>
  <health_effects>
  </health_effects>
</compound>
