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Starch repeating unit

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C12H22O11 · 342.3 g/mol

IUPAC name: (2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-6-(hydroxymethyl)-4-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxane-2,3,5-triol

Also called starch, amylose, amylopectin, glycogen, maltose unit, alpha-1,4-glucan

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The structure of Starch repeating unit
Drawn from its SMILES with RDKit

Names and identifiers

IUPAC name
(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-6-(hydroxymethyl)-4-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxane-2,3,5-triol
Synonyms
starch, amylose, amylopectin
+ 14 more

glycogen, maltose unit, alpha-1,4-glucan, CHEBI:147494, alpha-D-Glcp-(1->3)-beta-D-Galp, RefChem:936284, GlyTouCan:G13861RG, G13861RG, Glc(a1-3)b-Gal, SCHEMBL30565915, 3-O-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-beta-D-galactopyranose, alpha-D-gluco-hexopyranosyl-(1->3)-beta-D-galacto-hexopyranose, WURCS=2.0/2,2,1/[a2112h-1b_1-5][a2122h-1a_1-5]/1-2/a3-b1, (2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-6-(hydroxymethyl)-4-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxane-2,3,5-triol

Molecular formula
C12H22O11
Empirical formula
C12H22O11
Molecular weight
342.3 g/mol
Exact mass
342.11621
CAS number
9005-25-8
PubChem CID
91850171
Canonical SMILES
C(C1C(C(C(C(O1)O)O)OC2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)O)O)O)O)O
Isomeric SMILES
C([C@@H]1[C@@H]([C@@H]([C@H]([C@@H](O1)O)O)O[C@@H]2[C@@H]([C@H]([C@@H]([C@H](O2)CO)O)O)O)O)O
InChI
InChI=1S/C12H22O11/c13-1-3-5(15)7(17)8(18)12(22-3)23-10-6(16)4(2-14)21-11(20)9(10)19/h3-20H,1-2H2/t3-,4-,5-,6+,7+,8-,9-,10+,11-,12-/m1/s1
InChIKey
QIGJYVCQYDKYDW-JPYOEHHXSA-N
Molfile

Names, InChI and the identifiers from PubChem, retrieved 2026-10-14.

Calculated

Heavy atoms
23
Rings
2
Aromatic rings
0
Fraction sp³ carbons (Fsp3)
1
H-bond donors
8
H-bond acceptors
11
Rotatable bonds
4
TPSA (Ų)
189.5 computed here · PubChem 190
Formal charge
0
XLogP3
-4.2 PubChem
Complexity
382 PubChem
Stereocenters
10 definedCIP: C3: R · C5: R · C7: S · C8: R · C10: R · C13: R · C16: S · C18: R · C20: S · C22: S
Double-bond geometry
None specified
Point group
C1 of one 3D conformer with its hydrogens, by Athanor’s engine (as in the app)

Elemental analysis

  • C42.11%
  • H6.48%
  • O51.41%

Isotope pattern

100%342.11614%343.1203.1%344.121345.124

Each peak is a nominal mass with its abundance-weighted exact mass, as a percentage of the tallest, from IUPAC natural isotope abundances.

Computed from the structure with RDKit 2026.09 when this page was built, beside PubChem's own computed values from its record; where the two differ, both are shown.

Predicted

log P
-5.4 Crippen (Wildman and Crippen 1999)
log S (water solubility)
1.7 ESOL (Delaney 2004), log mol/L
Synthetic accessibility
4.29 SA score, 1 easy to 10 hard (Ertl and Schuffenhauer 2009)

Drug-likeness: Lipinski’s rule of five

  • Molecular weight ≤ 500: 342.3
  • log P ≤ 5 (Crippen): -5.4
  • H-bond donors ≤ 5: 8
  • H-bond acceptors ≤ 10: 11

Breaks 2 of the four rules.

¹³C NMR shifts, predicted

Predictions, not measurements; each names its method. A measured log P, where a source reports one, is under Physical properties.

Safety

No GHS hazard classification was found in the sources.

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Literature

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Bioactivity

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References

  1. ·Calculated values: computed by Athanor with RDKit 2026.09 from the structure.
  2. ·Literature on PubChem

Data last updated 2026-10-14.