Chemistry:Lyxose

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Lyxose
Lyxose.png
Alpha-D-Lyxopyranose.svg
Names
IUPAC name
Lyxose
Systematic IUPAC name
(2R,3R,4S)-2,3,4,5-Tetrahydroxypentanal
Other names
L-Lyxose
Lyxopyranose
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEBI
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
EC Number
  • 217-763-2
UNII
Properties
C5H10O5
Molar mass 150.130 g·mol−1
Density 1.545 g cm−3
Melting point 108 °C (226 °F; 381 K)
Soluble in water
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Lyxose is an aldopentose — a monosaccharide containing five carbon atoms, and including an aldehyde functional group. It has chemical formula C
5
H
10
O
5
. It is a C'-2 carbon epimer of the sugar xylose. The name "lyxose" comes from reversing the prefix "xyl" in "xylose".

Lyxose occurs only rarely in nature, for example, as a component of bacterial glycolipids.[1]

D-Lyxose in both its furanose and pyranose forms

References

  1. Khoo, K. H.; Dell, Anne; Suzuki, Russell; Morris, Howard R.; McNeil, Michael R.; Brennan, Patrick J.; Besra, Gurdyal S. (10 September 1996). "Chemistry of the Lyxose-Containing Mycobacteriophage Receptors of Mycobacterium phlei/Mycobacterium smegmatis". Biochemistry (American Chemical Society) 35 (36): 11812-11819. doi:10.1021/bi961055+. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/bi961055%2B. 

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