Deoxyribose

  • 2-deoxy- β -D -ribofuranose
  • 2-deoxy- β -D - erythropentofuranose
  • (2R, 4S, 5R ) -5 - (hydroxymethyl) tetrahydro -2 ,4 -diol

Colorless solid

Fixed

85 ° C.

Good in water (100 g · l-1 at 20 ° C)

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Deoxyribose is an existing five carbon atoms sugar, a pentose. Unlike the ribose with the 2- deoxyribose the OH - group on the second carbon atom by a hydrogen atom substituted ( deoxy means without oxygen). In aqueous solution it is present predominantly as Desoxyribopyranose.

Deoxyribose is a basic building block of deoxyribonucleic acid ( DNA) and was discovered in 1929 by Phoebus Levene.

CAS registry number PubChem
258171
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