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Furanose vs Furanone - What's the difference?

furanose | furanone |

As nouns the difference between furanose and furanone

is that furanose is (chemistry) any cyclic hemiacetal form of a monosaccharide having a five-membered ring (the tetrahydrofuran skeleton) while furanone is the unsaturated lactone 5h-furan-2-one .

furanose

English

Noun

(wikipedia furanose) (en noun)
  • (chemistry) any cyclic hemiacetal form of a monosaccharide having a five-membered ring (the tetrahydrofuran skeleton)

    • Related terms

    *furan

    See also

    *pyranose

    furanone

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The unsaturated lactone 5H-furan-2-one