erythrosen.
/ɛˈrɪθrəʊz//ˈɛrɪθrəʊz//ɛˈrɪθrəʊs//ˈɛrɪθrəʊs/ Chemistry.
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.
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1900 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 78 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.
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