Lyxose

Lyxose
Names


IUPAC name (2R,3R,4S)-2,3,4,5-Tetrahydroxypentanal
Other names L-Lyxose Lyxopyranose
Identifiers
CAS Number	1949-78-6^Y
3D model (Jmol)	Interactive image
ChEMBL	ChEMBL1159661^N
ECHA InfoCard	100.016.149
PubChem	65550
SMILES C([C@@H]([C@H]([C@H](C=O)O)O)O)O
Properties
Chemical formula	C₅H₁₀O₅
Molar mass	150.13
Density	1.545 g cm⁻³
Melting point	108 °C (226 °F; 381 K)
Solubility in water	Soluble in water
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
N verify (what is ^YN ?)
Infobox references

Lyxose is an aldopentose — a monosaccharide containing five carbon atoms, and including an aldehyde functional group. It has chemical formula C₅H₁₀O₅. It is a C'-2 carbon epimer of the sugar Xylose.

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

References

↑ Kay-Hooi Khoo et al., Chemistry of the Lyxose-Containing Mycobacteriophage Receptors of Mycobacterium phlei/Mycobacterium smegmatis, Biochemistry, 35 (36), 11812-11819, 1996. Abstract

General

Geometry

Dioses	Aldodiose Glycolaldehyde

Trioses	Aldotriose Glyceraldehyde Ketotriose Dihydroxyacetone

Tetroses	Aldotetroses Erythrose Threose Ketotetrose Erythrulose

Pentoses	Aldopentoses Arabinose Lyxose Ribose Xylose Ketopentoses Ribulose Xylulose Deoxy sugars Deoxyribose

Hexoses	Aldohexoses Allose Altrose Galactose Glucose Gulose Idose Mannose Talose Ketohexoses Fructose Psicose Sorbose Tagatose Deoxy sugars Fucose Fuculose Rhamnose

Heptoses	Ketoheptoses Mannoheptulose Sedoheptulose

Above 7	Octoses Nonoses Neuraminic acid

Multiple

Disaccharides	Cellobiose Isomaltose Lactose Lactulose Maltose Sucrose Trehalose Turanose

Trisaccharides	Maltotriose Melezitose Raffinose

Tetrasaccharides	Stachyose

Other oligosaccharides	Acarbose Fructooligosaccharide (FOS) Galactooligosaccharide (GOS) Isomaltooligosaccharide (IMO) Maltodextrin Mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS)

Polysaccharides	Beta-glucan Oat beta-glucan Lentinan Sizofiran Zymosan Cellulose Chitin Chitosan Dextrin / Dextran Fructose / Fructan Inulin Galactose / Galactan Glucose / Glucan Glycogen Hemicellulose Levan beta 2→6 Lignin Mannan Pectin Starch Amylopectin Amylose Xanthan gum

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