Aldopentoses named as ribose and 2-deoxyribose are found in nucleic acids. What is their relative configuration
Aldopentoses named as ribose and 2-deoxyribose are found in nucleic acids. What is their relative configuration
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Aldo-pentoses like ribose and 2 - deoxyribose are sugar moieties found in nucleic acids like RNA and DNA. The structures of these sugars are illustrated below. Both aldopentoses' D- configuration is configuration.
β−D-ribose is mentioned, and its structure is depicted below.
The structure of as β−D-deoxyribose, 2 - deoxyribose is given in the diagram below.
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