Xylitol

• Formula: C₅H₁₂O₅
• Molecular weight: 152.1458
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C5H12O5/c6-1-3(8)5(10)4(9)2-7/h3-10H,1-2H2/t3-,4+,5+ Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: HEBKCHPVOIAQTA-SCDXWVJYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 87-99-0
• Chemical structure:
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• Stereoisomers:
  • arabinitol
  • Ribitol
  • D-Arabinitol
  • L-Arabinitol
• Other names: Xylite; Klinit
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  • Phase change data
  • References
  • Notes
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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Enthalpy of vaporization

Enthalpy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

References

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Oberemok-Yakubova and Balandin, 1963
Oberemok-Yakubova, A.P.; Balandin, A.A., Determination of the heat of combustion of xylitol, Bull. Acad. Sci. USSR, Div. Chem. Sci., 1963, 2038-2039. [all data]

Barone, DellaGatta, et al., 1990
Barone, G.; DellaGatta, G.; Ferro, D.; Piacente, V., Enthalpies and entropies of sublimation, vaporization and fusion of nine polyhydric alcohols, J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans., 1990, 86, 75. [all data]

Barone, Gatta, et al., 1990
Barone, Guido; Gatta, Giuseppe Della; Ferro, Daniela; Piacente, Vincenzo, Enthalpies and entropies of sublimation, vaporization and fusion of nine polyhydric alcohols, Faraday Trans., 1990, 86, 1, 75, https://doi.org/10.1039/ft9908600075 . [all data]

Barone and Della Gatta, 1990
Barone, G.; Della Gatta, G., Ferro D., and Piacente, V., Enthalpies and entropies of sublimation, vaporization and fusion of nine polyhydric alcohols, J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans., 1990, 86(1), 75-79. [all data]

Tong, Tan, et al., 2007
Tong, Bo; Tan, Zhi-Cheng; Shi, Quan; Li, Yan-Sheng; Yue, Dan-Ting; Wang, Shao-Xu, Thermodynamic investigation of several natural polyols (I): Heat capacities and thermodynamic properties of xylitol, Thermochimica Acta, 2007, 457, 1-2, 20-26, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tca.2007.02.022 . [all data]

Carpentier, Desprez, et al., 2003
Carpentier, L.; Desprez, S.; Descamps, M., Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2003, 73, 2, 577-586, https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025482230325 . [all data]

Domalski and Hearing, 1996
Domalski, Eugene S.; Hearing, Elizabeth D., Heat Capacities and Entropies of Organic Compounds in the Condensed Phase. Volume III, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1996, 25, 1, 1, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.555985 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization

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