Ketose

A ketose is a sugar containing one ketone group per molecule.[1][2]

With 3 carbon atoms, dihydroxyacetone is the simplest of all ketoses and is the only one having no optical activity. Ketoses can isomerize into an aldose when the carbonyl group is located at the end of the molecule. Such ketoses are reducing sugars.

Contents

List of ketoses

All ketoses listed here are 2-ketones:

Qualitative reaction

General qualitative reaction for ketoses is Seliwanoff's test.

See also

References

  1. ^ Thisbe K. Lindhorst (2007). Essentials of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biochemistry (1 ed ed.). Wiley-VCH. ISBN 3527315284. 
  2. ^ John F. Robyt (1997). Essentials of Carbohydrate Chemistry (1 ed ed.). Springer. ISBN 0387949518.