Assay: ≥98%
Appearance: White crystalline powder
Packaging: 100g/bottle, 1kg/bag (Customizable)
Sample: Available
L-Ribose CAS 24259-59-4
Description
L-Ribose Quick Details
Chemical Name: L-Ribose
Cas No.: 24259-59-4
Molecular Fomula: C5H10O5
Molecular Weight: 150.13
Appearance: Solid
Assay: 98%
L-Ribose Typical Properties
| Items | Specification |
| Product Name | L-Ribose |
| Appearance | White crystalline powder |
| Characteristics | White Crystals Or White Crystal Powder, With a Sweet Taste; It Is Soluble In Water, Ethanol And Methanol, But Insoluble In Ether, Benzene And Acetone |
Product Introduction:
L-Ribose is a rare aldo-pentose sugar, which is the non-natural enantiomer of D-ribose. While D-ribose is a fundamental component of RNA and other vital biomolecules, L-ribose does not commonly occur in nature. It typically appears as a white crystalline powder.
Due to its non-natural chirality and the unique chemical properties of a pentose sugar, L-ribose is a highly specialized and valuable compound, primarily used in advanced biochemical research and as a chiral building block in synthetic chemistry.
Main Uses:
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Biochemical Research: L-Ribose is extensively used in biochemical research to study sugar metabolism, enzyme specificity, and the synthesis of non-natural nucleosides and nucleotides. It helps in understanding the chiral preferences of biological systems and can be used to probe metabolic pathways.
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Chiral Synthesis: As a source of defined chirality, L-ribose serves as an important chiral building block in the asymmetric synthesis of complex organic molecules. It can be transformed into various chiral intermediates for the production of specialized pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, or other fine chemicals.
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Pharmaceutical Intermediates: It is used in the synthesis of L-nucleosides and their analogues. These non-natural nucleosides are of interest in medicinal chemistry for their potential antiviral, anticancer, or other therapeutic properties, as they can sometimes evade natural metabolic degradation pathways.
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Glycoscience and Carbohydrate Chemistry: In the field of glycoscience, L-ribose is used to synthesize various L-oligosaccharides and glycoconjugates, which are important for studying carbohydrate-protein interactions and developing novel glycoconjugates.
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Food and Nutritional Research (Specialized): While not a common nutritional sugar, L-ribose might be explored in very specialized nutritional or functional food research for its unique metabolic fate or non-caloric properties.
L-Ribose Packaging And Shipping
Customized According To Customer Needs.
L-Ribose Storage
It Should Be Stored In a Clean, Dry And Cool Place, Preventing From Sunlight, Rain.