Its acetate is used in the Aniline acetate test for carbohydrates, identifying pentoses by conversion to furfural. |
Depending on number of carbons, monosaccharides are called trioses, tetroses, pentoses, and hexoses etc. |
Pentoses and tetroses are synthesized from 5-and 4-carbon backbone moieties formed by removing carbon from the 6-carbon arene moiety. |
These were the hexose constituents of the hydrolysed complex, the pentoses surviving intact. |