ketose
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any monosaccharide sugar that contains a ketone group or its hemiacetal
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monosaccharide
ketohexose
ketosis
ketopentose
ketotriose
ketotetrose
ketonic simple sugar
ketotetraululose
ketotriulose
ketotriululose
ketotriulululose
ketohexulose
ketopentulose
ketopentululose
ketopentulululose
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Every ketose will have 2 (n−3) stereoisomers where n > 2 is the number of carbons.
The resulting molecule has an hemiacetal or hemiketal group, depending on whether the linear form was an aldose or a ketose.
The number of open chain stereoisomers for an aldose monosaccharide is larger by one than that of a ketose monosaccharide of the same length.