fucitol fucitol fucitol, also known as l-fucitol, 6-deoxy-l-galactitol, and (2r,3s,4r,5s)-hexane-1,2,3,4,5-pentol, is a sugar alcohol derived from fucoidan which is found in the north atlantic seaweed fucus vesiculosus or by the reduction of fucose. fucitol names iupac name (2r,3s,4r,5s)-hexane-1,2,3,4,5-pentol identifiers cas number 13074-06-1 (l) y5328-43-8 (d) n37114-30-0 (dl) n 3d model (jsmol) interactive image chebi chebi:42600 chemspider 26329719 (l) n393279 (d) n pubchem cid 445724 unii 961570x3wo (l) y inchi inchi=1s/c6h14o5/c1-3(8)5(10)6(11)4(9)2-7/h3-11h,2h2,1h3/t3-,4+,5-,6-/m0/s1 nkey: skckofzkjlzsfa-fsiimwslsa-n n smiles c(o)(o)(o)(o)co properties chemical formula c6h14o5 molar mass 166.17 g/mol melting point 153 to 154 °c (307 to 309 °f; 426 to 427 k) supplementary data page fucitol (data page) except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °c , 100 kpa). n verify (what is yn ?) infobox references