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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 17.
Published in final edited form as: J Phys Chem B. 2009 Sep 17;113(37):12466–12476. doi: 10.1021/jp905496e

Table 3.

Calculated solution densities at different concentrations of monosaccharides in a box of water with 1100 water molecules at T = 298K and P = 1 atm.

Compound Molality (mol/kg) Nsolute Expt (g/cc)48 Calc (g/cc) % error
Arabinofuranose 0.10 2 1.003 1.017 1.40
0.20 4 1.008 1.021 1.29
0.30 6 1.014 1.025 1.08
Fructofuranose 0.10 2 1.004 1.018 1.39
0.20 4 1.011 1.023 1.19
0.30 6 1.017 1.028 1.08
Lyxofuranose 0.20 4 1.008 1.021 1.29
0.30 6 1.013 1.025 1.18
0.36 7 1.017 1.027 0.98
Ribofuranose 0.10 2 1.003 1.017 1.40
0.20 4 1.008 1.021 1.29
0.30 6 1.013 1.025 1.18
Xylofuranose 0.10 2 1.008 1.017 0.89
0.20 4 1.013 1.021 0.79
0.30 6 1.017 1.025 0.79

Average 1.15