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Levoglucosan

Levoglucosan. Molecule of the Week Tokilupe Uesi & Fiana Lomu. Atoms Involved: carbon(6), hydrogen(10), oxygen(5). Molecular Structure. Chemical Formula: C 6 H 10 O 5 Molecular Mass: 162.1406 g/mol     Density:  1.688 g/mL Melting Point: 185.9°C Solubility: water-soluble.

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Levoglucosan

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  1. Levoglucosan Molecule of the Week Tokilupe Uesi & Fiana Lomu

  2. Atoms Involved: carbon(6), hydrogen(10), oxygen(5) Molecular Structure

  3. Chemical Formula: C6H10O5 Molecular Mass: 162.1406 g/mol     Density:  1.688 g/mL Melting Point: 185.9°C Solubility: water-soluble Characteristics

  4. Charles Tanret discovered how levoglucosan was formed in 1945. • It's a result of the combustion of  cellulose-containing materials. Discovery

  5. Used as a biomass burning tracer. (biomarker) • It shows the amount of exposure to biomass smoke through urinary detection. CommercialPurposes

  6. It itself doesn't really have any health effects, but rather it shows the existence of potential health effects since it's used in woodsmoke exposure studies. Health Effects

  7. chemicalize.org. (n.d.). chemicalize.org. Retrieved February 6, 2012, from http://www.chemicalize.org  • Lymons, B. (2008 August 25). Assessing urinary levoglucosan and...Retrieved February 8, 2012, from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18511108 • Montgomery, E. (n.d.). The Journal of Organic Chemistry. Retrieved February 8, 2012, from http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jo01179a005. Works Cited

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