Deoxyribose Vs Ribose Sugar Structure

Deoxyribose versus ribose sugars ribose is a single ring pentose 5 carbon sugar. It results from the sugar ribose by the loss of an oxygen atom.

Structure

Nucleic Acids

19 1 Nucleotides Chemistry Libretexts

Ribose is the sugar that belongs to the pentose class and exists widely on the planet mostly as part of a constituent of nucleosides and other vitamins and enzymes.