Chemical substance record

Ribitol

488-81-3C₅H₁₂O₅152.146 g/mol

Organic/Inorganic Small MoleculeChEBI source record

A pentitol (five-carbon sugar alcohol) having meso-configuration, being derived from ribose by reduction of the carbonyl group. It occurs naturally in the plant Adonis vernalis. — ChEBI

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values

CAS number	488-81-3	ChEBI ↗
Molecular formula	C₅H₁₂O₅	ChEBI ↗
Molar mass	152.146 g/mol	ChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass	152.06847 Da	ChEBI ↗
Formal charge	0	ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifier	CHEBI:15963	ChEBI ↗

Names & structural identifiers

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Source preferred name

ribitol

IUPAC name

(2R,3s,4S)-pentane-1,2,3,4,5-pentol

InChIKey

HEBKCHPVOIAQTA-ZXFHETKHSA-N

SMILES

OC[C@@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@@H](O)CO

InChI

InChI=1S/C5H12O5/c6-1-3(8)5(10)4(9)2-7/h3-10H,1-2H2/t3-,4+,5-

Names & synonyms

(2R,3s,4S)-pentane-1,2,3,4,5-pentolmeso-ribitol

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Classification & relationships

ChEBI ontology

pentitolChEBI parent class · 25899 ↗

carbohydrate organic molecular entity

Roles recorded in ChEBI

plant metabolitehuman metaboliteDaphnia magna metabolite

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

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Amount

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Equivalent amount

0.00657263 mol

Uses 152.146 g/mol from ChEBI. Assumes the substance described by this record; no purity or concentration correction is applied.

Elemental composition

Theoretical mass fractions

O

Oxygen · 5 atoms

52.58%

C

Carbon · 5 atoms

39.47%

H

Hydrogen · 12 atoms

7.95%

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Research & patent references

Selected source associations

Evaluation of pentitol metabolism in mammalian tissues provides new insight into disorders of human sugar metabolism. ↗Molecular genetics and metabolism · 2004 Jul · PMID 15234337

Partial Purification and Characterization of d-Ribose-5-phosphate Reductase from Adonis vernalis L. Leaves. ↗Plant physiology · 1985 Aug · PMID 16664320

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Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026

Identity, formula, mass, synonyms & ontologyEMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:15963

Release 255, 9 September 2026. ChEBI three-star (manually annotated) source entry. View original record ↗ · CC BY 4.0

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