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( Pentose)
A pentose is a monosaccharide with five carbon atoms. They either have an aldehyde functional group in position 1 (aldopentoses), or a ketone functional group in position 2 (ketopentoses). The aldopentoses have three chiral centres ("asymmetric carbon atoms") and so 8 different stereoisomers are possible. The 4 D-aldopentoses are
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