Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry - Ribose

Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry

Ribose: (2R,3R,4R)-2,3,4,5-tetrahydroxy pentan al; an aldopentose. Its cyclic form (ribofuranose) is the carbohydrate portion of RNA, DNA, and other nucleic acids.


D-Ribose		D-Ribose Fischer projection		D-Ribose Natta projection		D-2-Deoxyribose		β-D-Ribofuranose		β-D-2-Deoxy ribofuranose

Related terms: Carbohydrate, monosaccharide, aldose, ketose, triose, tetrose, pentose, hexose, glyceraldehyde, erythrose, threose, arabinose, xylose, lyxose, allose, altrose, glucose, mannose, gulose, idose, galactose, talose, tetrahydrofuran, THF, furanose, anomeric carbon, Haworth projection
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