“…Aqueous solutions were prepared from each compound as received from the manufacturers as follows: adonitol {CH 2 OH-CHOH-CHOH-CHOH-CH 2 OH, Fluka, product number 02240, lot number 437283/1, 1.00 mass fraction by HPLC, molar mass M 2 /(g AE mol À1 ) = 152.1464, CAS Registry 488-81-3, density q c /(g AE cm À3 ) = 1.4}, dulcitol (CH 2 OH-CHOH-CHOH-CHOH-CHOH-CH 2 OH, Sigma, product number D0256, 1.00 mass fraction by GC, M 2 = 182.1725, CAS 608-66-2, q c = 1.49), glycerol (CH 2 OH-CHOH-CH 2 OH, Anachemica, product number 43567-320, lot number 301023, 0.999 mass fraction by assay, M 2 = 92.0942, CAS 56-81-5, q c = 1.26), meso-erythritol (CH 2 OH-CHOH-CHOH-CH 2 OH, Sigma, product number E7500, 1.00 mass fraction by GC, M 2 = 122.1203, CAS 149-32-6, q c = 1.45), myo-inositol (C 6 was determined by combustion. This analysis verified that the nominal purities given above by the manufacturer are within ±0.003 mole fraction of the true values.…”