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L-Deoxyribose
L-Deoxyribose is an organic compound with formula CHO. It is a synthetic monosaccharide, a stereoisomer (mirror image) of the natural compound D-deoxyribose.
L-Deoxyribose can be synthesized from D-galactose.
SHI Zhen-Dan, YANG Bing-Hui, and WU Yu-Lin (2002), A stereospecific synthesis of L-deoxyribose, L-ribose and L-ribosides. Tetrahedron, volume 58, issue 16, pp. 3287–3296
It has been used in chemical research, e.g. in the synthesis of mirror-image DNA.
Hidehito Urata, Emiko Ogura, Keiko Shinohara, Yoshiaki Ueda and Masao Akagi (1992), Synthesis and properties of mirror-image DNA. Nucleic Acids Research, volume 20 issue 13, pp. 3325-3332