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Microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) is an odorless, tasteless, porous white powder derived from pharmaceutical grade wood pulp. With a wide range of chemical, technical, and economic benefits, MCC is one of the most widely used binder excipients for tablet formulations.
Product specifications
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Benefits
High compactability
Robust tablets with low friability
High production yields
Cost savings due to reduction in dosage levels
Compatibility with most APIs (inert)
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| Kingdom | Organic compounds |
|---|---|
| Superclass | Organic oxygen compounds |
| Classe | Organooxygen compounds |
| Subclass | Carbohydrates and carbohydrate conjugates |
| Intermediate Tree Nodes | Glycosyl compounds |
| Direct Parent | O-glycosyl compounds |
| Alternative Parents | Disaccharides Oxanes Secondary alcohols Hemiacetals Polyols Oxacyclic compounds Acetals Primary alcohols Hydrocarbon derivatives |
| Molecular Framework | Aliphatic heteromonocyclic compounds |
| Substituents | O-glycosyl compound - Disaccharide - Oxane - Secondary alcohol - Hemiacetal - Oxacycle - Organoheterocyclic compound - Polyol - Acetal - Hydrocarbon derivative - Primary alcohol - Alcohol - Aliphatic heteromonocyclic compound |
| Description | This compound belongs to the class of organic compounds known as o-glycosyl compounds. These are glycoside in which a sugar group is bonded through one carbon to another group via a O-glycosidic bond. |
| External Descriptors | Not available |
| Poids moléculaire | 342.300 g/mol |
|---|---|
| XLogP3 | -4.700 |
| Hydrogen Bond Donor Count | 8 |
| Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count | 11 |
| Rotatable Bond Count | 4 |
| Exact Mass | 342.116 Da |
| Monoisotopic Mass | 342.116 Da |
| Topological Polar Surface Area | 190.000 Ų |
| Heavy Atom Count | 23 |
| Formal Charge | 0 |
| Complexity | 382.000 |
| Isotope Atom Count | 0 |
| Defined Atom Stereocenter Count | 2 |
| Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count | 8 |
| Defined Bond Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| The total count of all stereochemical bonds | 0 |
| Covalently-Bonded Unit Count | 1 |