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SHEET /m/deoxyribose · PubChem CID 439576 · CAS 36792-88-8 · REV 2026.07

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Deoxyribose

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C5H10O4 · 134.13 g/mol

thyminose

What is Deoxyribose?

The five-carbon sugar in the backbone of DNA. The missing oxygen the name refers to is what makes DNA more stable than RNA. from source

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Fig. 1 · 2D structure RDKit

SMILESC1[C@@H]([C@H](O[C@H]1O)CO)O

Where you'll find it

Your own body makes this one. It is not an ingredient you buy. See the rest of the body group.

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Sources & methodology

PubChem CID
439576
Wikidata
Q192454
Structure
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