Collection: Erythroses [Glycoscience]
Erythroses [Glycoscience] — contains four-carbon sugars (tetroses) derived from erythrose, along with their lactone forms, protected cyclic alditols, and dithio analogs, which are important chiral building blocks in carbohydrate and nucleoside synthesis and in stereoselective chemistry in general.
Compounds in this erythroses category are used as chiral starting materials in the total synthesis of rare sugars and modified nucleosides, with isopropylidene groups protecting the cis-diol during subsequent reaction steps. Dithioerythritol itself is widely used as a disulfide-bond reducing agent in protein preparation and biochemical research, replacing dithiothreitol in some protocols.
Product examples in this collection: TCI I0454 25581-41-3 2,3-O-Isopropylidene-D-erythronolactone, TCI D1320 6892-68-8 Dithioerythritol, TCI E0455 15667-21-7 D-Erythronolactone, TCI E0021 149-32-6 meso-Erythritol.
Product selection should consider stereochemical configuration (D, L, or meso), the status of the isopropylidene protecting group, and the level of enantiomeric purity to suit the intended synthetic route. All products are genuine products of Tokyo Chemical Industry (TCI) Japan, with purity, packaging, and storage conditions listed on each item's page.
Other categories at the same level under Glycoscience, often used together in a single laboratory workflow:
Back to Glycoscience. For large-volume procurement, special packaging, or specific grades, contact the AMI Scientific team — official distributor of TCI Japan in Indonesia — to check availability and lead time directly from Japan.
