Diose
Monosaccharide with only two carbon atoms
A diose is a monosaccharide containing two carbon atoms. Because the general chemical formula of an unmodified monosaccharide is (C·H2O)n, where n is three or greater, it does not meet the formal definition of a monosaccharide.[1] However, since it does fit the formula (C·H2O)n, it is sometimes thought of as the most basic sugar.[2]
There is only one possible diose, glycolaldehyde (2-hydroxyethanal), which is an aldodiose (a ketodiose is not possible since there are only two carbons).
See also
- Triose
- Tetrose
- Pentose
- Hexose
- Heptose
References
- ^ Mathews, Christopher K.; Van Holde, Kensal Edward; Ahern, Kevin G. (2000). Biochemistry (3rd ed.). San Francisco, Calif.: Benjamin Cummings. p. 280. ISBN 0805330666. OCLC 42290721.
- ^ Abderhalden, Emil (1908) [1906]. Text Book of Physiological Chemistry in Thirty Lectures. Translated by William T. Hall; George Defren. New York: J Wiley & Sons. p. 19. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- Miljkovic, Momcilo (2009). Carbohydrates : synthesis, mechanisms, and stereoelectronic effects. New York, NY: Springer. ISBN 9780387922652.
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Types of carbohydrates
- Aldose
- Ketose
- Furanose
- Pyranose
- Anomer
- Cyclohexane conformation
- Epimer
- Mutarotation
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