Chemical Properties
White Powder
Uses
Methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside is a biochemical used to vary echo decay times in a study that assessed the effects of cryoprotection on the structure and activity of p21ras. It is also used in a study to investigate saccharide-mediated protection of chaotropic-induced deactivation of concanavalin A.
Uses
manufacture of reconstituted and upgraded drying oils; tall oil esters and varnishes; fatty acid esters; plasticizers; nonionic surface active agents; fast and hard drying alkyd resins, and so-called plasticizing alkyds. In making glucoside hydroxypropyl ethers for polyurethan foam production.
Definition
ChEBI: An alpha-D-glucopyranoside having a methyl substituent at the anomeric position.
Flammability and Explosibility
Not classified
Purification Methods
Crystallise methyl -D-glucoside from MeOH or EtOH. Its solubility in H2O is 10%. [Ferrier et al. Carbohydr Research 27 55,59 1973, Beilstein 17/7 V 13.]
