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glycogen

C24H42O21

Glycogen has the molecular formula C24H42O21 and a molar mass of 666.6 g/mol.

Properties

Molecular formulaC24H42O21
Molar mass666.6 g/mol
Exact (monoisotopic) mass666.22186 g/mol
logP (octanol–water)-8.5
Topological polar surface area348 Ų
Hydrogen-bond donors / acceptors14 / 21
Heavy atoms45
InChIKeyBYSGBSNPRWKUQH-UJDJLXLFSA-N
IUPAC name(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[[(2R,3S,4R,5R,6R)-4,5-dihydroxy-3-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-6-[(2R,3S,4R,5R,6S)-4,5,6-trihydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-3-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]methoxy]-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol

Elemental composition

87 atoms across 3 elements, by mass.

ElementAtomsPercent by mass
Oxygen (O)2150.40%
Carbon (C)2443.25%
Hydrogen (H)426.35%

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Molar mass and elemental composition are computed from IUPAC 2021 conventional atomic weights. Formula, exact mass and the computed descriptors come from PubChem, which is US government work and in the public domain. Melting point, boiling point and density come from Wikidata under CC0. Properties with no figure shown are absent from those sources rather than zero.