erythrose Chem.
(ɛˈrɪθrəʊz, ˈɛrɪθrəʊz, -s)
[f. erythrite + -ose2.]
A tetrose sugar, CHO·[CH(OH)]2·CH2OH, isolated as a liquid and existing in two molecular configurations; it differs from threose in having the hydroxyl groups on the second and third carbon atoms on the same side of the carbon chain.
| 1900 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. LXXVIII. i. 139 d-Erythrose..shows mutarotation, and has an approximate maximum specific rotation [α]d - 14.5° at 20°. 1963 E. Percival in Florkin & Stotz Comprehensive Biochem. V. i. 11 The simplest sugars are the tetroses d- and l-erythrose..and d- and l-threose. |