Cyclitol
In organic chemistry, a cyclitol is a cycloalkane containing at least three hydroxyl, each attached to a different ring carbon atom.[1] Most commonly, cyclitol refers to cyclic sugar alcohol.[2] Cyclitols and their derivatives are some of the compatible solutes that are formed in a plant as a response to salt or water stress. Cyclitols are minor components of trees.[3] Some cyclitols (e.g. quinic or shikimic acid) are parts of hydrolysable tannins.
Even simple cyclitols can be complicated by different isomeric possibilies. For example, there are three different constitutional isomers of cyclohexanetriol: 1,2,3-, 1,2,4-, and 1,3,5-. And even though there is only one reasonably stable constitutional isomer of cyclohexanehexol (inositol), there are nine stereoisomers possible.
Naturally occurring cyclitols
Unsubstituted
- Conduritol, or cyclohex-5-ene-1,2,3,4-tetrol; two out of ten possible isomers.
- Inositol, or cyclohexane-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexol; four out of nine possible isomers.
- Cyclohexanetetrol[4]
Substituted
- Bornesitol; (1R,2R,3S,4S,5R,6S)-6-methoxycyclohexane-1,2,3,4,5-pentol; D-(−)-O-methyl-myo-inositol
- Pinitol; (1S,2S,4S,5R)-6-methoxycyclohexane-1,2,3,4,5-pentol; 3-O-methyl-D-chiro-inositol
- Ononitol; (1R,2S,3S,4S,5S,6S)-6-methoxycyclohexane-1,2,3,4,5-pentaol; 4-O-methyl-myo-inositol
- Pinpollitol; (1R,2R,3R,4S,5R,6S)-3,6-dimethoxycyclohexane-1,2,4,5-tetraol; di-O-methyl-(+)-chiro-inositol
- Quebrachitol; (1R,2S,4S,5R)-6-methoxycyclohexane-1,2,3,4,5-pentol; 2-0-methyl-chiro-inositol
- Quinic acid; (1S,3R,4S,5R)-1,3,4,5-tetrahydroxycyclohexanecarboxylic acid
- Shikimic acid; (3R,4S,5R)-3,4,5-trihydroxycyclohex-1-ene-1-carboxylic acid
- Valienol; (1S,2S,3S,4R)-5-(Hydroxymethyl)cyclohex-5-ene-1,2,3,4-tetrol
- Viscumitol (1R,2S,3R,4S,5R,6S)-5,6-dimethoxycyclohexane-1,2,3,4-tetraol; 1,2-di-O-methyl-muco-inositol
Glycosides
- Ciceritol, a pinitol digalactoside
Phosphates
- Phytic acid; (1R,2S,3r,4R,5S,6s)-cyclohexane-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexayl hexakis[dihydrogen(phosphate)]; inositol hexakisphosphate
Other cyclitols
Applications
Aside from their utility to plants, cyclitols are useful as precursors to synthetic materials.[6]
Analysis methods
Théodore Posternak and others described the separation of cyclitols by paper chromatography using three methods of development: Tollens' reagents, the Meillère reagent (based on the Scherer-Gallois reaction), and digestion by Acetobacter suboxydans followed by Tollens' reagent.[7]
Further reading
Nomenclature for cyclitol stereoisomers:CON and CBN IUPAC Commissions on Nomenclature (1968): "The Nomenclature of Cyclitols - Tentative Rules". European Journal of Biochemistry, volume 5, pages 1-12. Script error: No such module "CS1 identifiers".
See also
References
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- ^ IUPAC, Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. (the "Gold Book") (2025). Online version: (2006–) "Cyclitols". Script error: No such module "CS1 identifiers".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Vovener de Verlands, Edmond; Hong, Zonglie; Nelson, Andrew S. (2025). "Sugar alcohols in plants: implications for enhancing tree seedlings drought tolerance and production strategies". BMC Plant Biology. 28 (1) 891. Bibcode:2025BMCPB..25..891E. doi:10.1186/s12870-025-06860-9. PMC 12239448. PMID 40634904.
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- ^ J. S. Craigie (1969): "Some Salinity-Induced Changes in Growth, Pigments, and Cyclohexanetetrol Content of Monochrysis lutheri". Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, volume 26, issue 11, pages 2959-2967. Script error: No such module "CS1 identifiers".
- ^ Nihat Akbulut and Metin Balci (1988): "A new and stereospecific synthesis of cyclitols: (1,2,4/3)-, (1,2/3,4)-, and (1,3/2,4)-cyclohexanetetrols". Journal of Organic Chemistry, volume 53, issue 14, pages 3338-3342. Script error: No such module "CS1 identifiers".
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