Aldopentose
= Aldopentose
An <aldopentose> is a five-<carbon> <monosaccharide> with an <aldehyde> group in its open-chain form. <Ribose> is an example; <deoxyribose> is its 2-deoxy derivative. See https://openstax.org/books/organic-chemistry/pages/25-1-classification-of-carbohydrates[McMurry: carbohydrate classification].