Lyxose

Lyxose
Names
	IUPAC name Lyxose
	Systematic IUPAC name (2R,3R,4S)-2,3,4,5-Tetrahydroxypentanal
	Other names L-Lyxose; Lyxopyranose
Identifiers
CAS Number	1949-78-6 ;
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image;
ChEBI	CHEBI:28480;
ChEMBL	ChEMBL1159661 ;
ChemSpider	559211;
EC Number	217-763-2;
PubChem CID	65550;
UNII	M7J5HM9DY4 ;
	InChI InChI=1S/C5H10O5/c6-1-3(8)5(10)4(9)2-7/h1,3-5,7-10H,2H2/t3-,4-,5-/m0/s1 Key: PYMYPHUHKUWMLA-YUPRTTJUSA-N;
	SMILES C([C@@H]([C@H]([C@H](C=O)O)O)O)O;
Properties
Chemical formula	C5H10O5
Molar mass	150.130 g·mol−1
Density	1.545 g cm−3
Melting point	108 °C (226 °F; 381 K)
Solubility in water	Soluble in water
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Lyxose

Chemical compound

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. The name "lyxose" comes from reversing the prefix "xyl" in "xylose".

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

D-Lyxose in both its furanose and pyranose forms

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[ACS-1] [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. 35 (36). American Chemical Society: 11812–11819. doi:10.1021/bi961055+.

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Names


IUPAC name Lyxose
Systematic IUPAC name (2R,3R,4S)-2,3,4,5-Tetrahydroxypentanal
Other names L-Lyxose Lyxopyranose
Identifiers
CAS Number	1949-78-6^Y
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image
ChEBI	CHEBI:28480
ChEMBL	ChEMBL1159661^N
ChemSpider	559211
EC Number	217-763-2
PubChem CID	65550
UNII	M7J5HM9DY4^Y
InChI InChI=1S/C5H10O5/c6-1-3(8)5(10)4(9)2-7/h1,3-5,7-10H,2H2/t3-,4-,5-/m0/s1 Key: PYMYPHUHKUWMLA-YUPRTTJUSA-N
SMILES C([C@@H]([C@H]([C@H](C=O)O)O)O)O
Properties
Chemical formula	C₅H₁₀O₅
Molar mass	150.130 g·mol⁻¹
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