|Section2= |Section3= }} Deoxyribose, also known as D-Deoxyribose and 2-deoxyribose,'s an aldopentose — a monosaccharide containing five carbon atoms, and including an aldehyde functional group in its linear structure. It's a deoxy sugar derived from the pentose sugar ribose by the replacement of the hydroxyl group at the 2 position with hydrogen, leading to the net loss of an oxygen atom. Replacement of the hydroxyl group also shifts the conformation of the ring from C3'-endo to C2'-endo… (More on Deoxyribose)