title: Sodium alpha-glucoheptonate dihydrate.
abstract: In the structure of sodium D-glycero-D-gulo-heptonate dihydrate, Na+.C7H13O8-.2H2O, the glucoheptonate anion has a bent carbon chain conformation. There are extensive intermolecular hydrogen bonds involving all the hydroxy and water H atoms. The Na+ cation has a distorted octahedral coordination to six O atoms, with Na+...O distances ranging from 2.316 (2) to 2.645 (2) A.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Sook Myung Women's University, Seoul, Korea 140-742. yjpark@sookmyung.ac.kr
authors.forename: Y J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D008958:Models, Molecular; D012964:Sodium; D013400:Sugar Acids / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D013400:Sugar Acids; D012964:Sodium; C007852:alpha-glucoheptonic acid