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Decahydroxycyclopentane


Decahydroxycyclopentane is an organic compound with formula or . It is a fivefold geminal diol on a cyclopentane backbone.

The compound can be regarded as the fivefold hydrate of cyclopentanepentone. Indeed, the product referred to in the literature and trade as "cyclopentanepentone pentahydrate" () is now believed to be the decahydroxycyclopentane.

The compound was synthesized by Heinrich Will in 1861, although for a long time it was believed to be a hydrate of . It can be prepared by oxidation of croconic acid with nitric acid.{{cite journal | journal = Justus Liebigs Annalen der Chemie | volume = 118 | issue = 2 | title = Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Krokonsäure |access-date = 2009-03-22 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090325204012/http://nvl.nist.gov/pub/nistpubs/jres/067/2/V67.N02.A06.pdf |archive-date = 2009-03-25 |url-status = dead

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  1. (1957). "Infrared spectra and the structures of leuconic acid and triquinoyl". J. Phys. Chem..
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