a compound whose molecular structure contains a saturated pyran ring
pyranose in American English
(ˈpairəˌnous, -ˌnouz)
noun
Biochemistry
any monosaccharide having a pyran ring structure
Word origin
[1925–30; pyran + -ose2]This word is first recorded in the period 1925–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Nazi, dropout, hot spot, payload, runout-ose is a suffix used in chemical terminology to form the names of sugars and other carbohydrates(amylose; fructose; hexose; lactose), and of protein derivatives (proteose)
Examples of 'pyranose' in a sentence
pyranose
The pyranose ring has a normal chair conformation.
Hong-Ze Liang, Yan-Wei Wang, Wei-Hua Jin, Miao Guo, Bo Chen 2010, '6-Methyl-2-pyridyl N-acetyl-1-thio-β-d-glucosaminide methanol monosolvate', Acta Crystallographica Section Ehttp://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536810036238. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Bond lengths and valence angles compare well with the average values from related pyranose structures.
Valeri V. Mossine, Charles L. Barnes, Thomas P. Mawhinney 2018, 'Crystal structure and hydrogen bonding in N-(1-deoxy-β-d-fructopyranos-1-yl)-2-aminoisobutyricacid', Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communicationshttp://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S2056989017018060. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The central pyranose rings of these are geometrically similar, but there are differences in the orientations of the benzoate substituents.
Andrew R. Cowley, Antony J. Fairbanks, Amber L. Thompson, Ludovic Drouin 2008, '2,3,4,6-Tetra-O-benzoyl-4-nitrophenyl-1-thio-α-d-mannopyranoside–dichloromethane–diethylether mixed solvate (1/0.53/0.38)', Acta Crystallographica Section Ehttp://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536807064951. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)