It is soluble in water and practically insoluble in methanol.

However, L-altrose has been isolated from strains of the bacterium Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens.

The ring conformation of α-altropyranoside is flexible compared to most other aldohexopyranosides, with idose as exception.

In solution different derivatives of altrose have been shown to occupy both 4C1, OS2 and 1C4-conformations.

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