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Enum: MonosaccharideRingFormEnum

The size of the cyclic hemiacetal or hemiketal ring adopted by a monosaccharide, or the absence of such a ring.

URI: chemrof:MonosaccharideRingFormEnum

Permissible Values

Value Meaning Description
pyranose None A six-membered ring, comprising five carbon atoms and one oxygen atom, named ...
furanose None A five-membered ring, comprising four carbon atoms and one oxygen atom, named...
septanose None A seven-membered ring, comprising six carbon atoms and one oxygen atom
open_chain None The acyclic aldehyde or ketone form
unknown None The ring form is not known, or is deliberately left unspecified

Slots

Name Description
ring_form The size of the cyclic hemiacetal ring adopted by a monosaccharide, or the ab...

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Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

  • from schema: https://w3id.org/chemrof

LinkML Source

name: MonosaccharideRingFormEnum
description: The size of the cyclic hemiacetal or hemiketal ring adopted by a monosaccharide,
  or the absence of such a ring.
title: monosaccharide_ring_form_enum
from_schema: https://w3id.org/chemrof
see_also:
- https://iupac.qmul.ac.uk/2carb/04.html
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  pyranose:
    text: pyranose
    description: A six-membered ring, comprising five carbon atoms and one oxygen
      atom, named by analogy with pyran.
  furanose:
    text: furanose
    description: A five-membered ring, comprising four carbon atoms and one oxygen
      atom, named by analogy with furan.
  septanose:
    text: septanose
    description: A seven-membered ring, comprising six carbon atoms and one oxygen
      atom. These are rare.
  open_chain:
    text: open_chain
    description: The acyclic aldehyde or ketone form.
    aliases:
    - acyclic
  unknown:
    text: unknown
    description: The ring form is not known, or is deliberately left unspecified.