Name: inositol
CAS NO.:87-89-8
EINECS No.:201-781-2
Assay:99%min
Inositol is a fine white crystal or crystalline powder. Odorless, sweet.
Relative density is 1.752,1.524 (dihydrate). Stability in the air.
To heat, acid and alkali stability. Its aqueous solution was neutral to litmus.
No optical activity. Soluble in water 6ml per gram.
Hardly soluble in ethanol, insoluble in ether and chloroform.