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Chemical compound
Threitol is the chiral four-carbon sugar alcohol with the molecular formula C4H10O4. It is primarily used as an intermediate in the chemical synthesis of other compounds. It exists in the enantiomorphic forms D-threitol and L-threitol, the reduced forms of D- and L-threose. It is the diastereomer of erythritol, which is used as a sugar substitute.
In living organisms, threitol is found in the edible fungus "Armillaria mellea".
It serves as a cryoprotectant (antifreeze agent) in the Alaskan beetle "Upis ceramboides".
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