Like the other stereoisomers,neo-inositol is considered acarbohydrate, specifically asugar alcohol (to distinguish it from the more familiarketose andaldose sugars, likeglucose). It occurs in nature, but only in small amounts; usually much smaller than those ofmyo-inositol, the most important stereoisomer.[8]
neo-inositol crystallizes in thetriclinic system withgroup. The cell parameters area = 479.9pm,b = 652.0 pm,c = 650.5 pm, α = 70.61°, β = 69.41°, γ = 73.66°,Z = 1, with molecular symmetry. The cell volume is 0.176nm3. The ring has thechair conformation with puckering parameterQ = 60.9 pm.[4]
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