Figure 3: Ribose vs. Deoxyribose. These two pentoses, or five carbon sugars, differ only in the presence of an oxygen on ribose at the #2 carbon. At the #2 carbon of deoxyribose, a H exists in place of the –OH group on ribose; however, lone hydrogens are often omitted from drawings of organic molecules, as above.
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