Cyclohexane-1,2,3,4,5-pentol

Abstract

In the title compound, C6H12O5, the cyclo­hexane ring adopts a chair conformation. The absolute configuration is not defined. However, the relative configuration can be assigned as 1R*,3R*,4S*,S*. In the crystal structure, mol­ecules are linked by strong inter­molecular O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, producing a three-dimensional network.

DFT investigation on hydrogen bonding in cyclohexane-1,2,3,4,5-pentol crystal structure

“…1. The crystallographic structure of (I) measured at room temperature has been previously published [20,21]. However, in no case the hydrogen pattern nature of (I) has been discussed.…”