Aldoses

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-000377",
  "term": "Aldoses",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "Monosaccharides, or polyhydroxy aldehydes, whose open-chain form carries an aldehyde group at one end of the carbon chain, as in glucose, ribose and glyceraldehyde. Every aldose with three or more carbons has at least one stereocentre. In water most molecules exist as cyclic hemiacetals, six-membered pyranose or five-membered furanose rings, in equilibrium with a small share of the open-chain form.",
  "subject": "Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry",
  "see_also": [
    "hemiacetals",
    "intramolecular",
    "monosaccharides",
    "sugars"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 1995, 67, 1307. 'Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)' on page 1313 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199567081307)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/aldoses/"
}