In organic chemistry, a tetrose is a monosaccharide with 4 carbon atoms. They have either an aldehyde (−CH=O) functional group in position 1 (aldotetroses)...

(which involved a carbon atom bearing four different atoms or groups). A tetrose with 2 asymmetric carbon atoms has 22 =  4 stereoisomers: An aldopentose...

Erythrose is a tetrose saccharide with the chemical formula C4H8O4. It has one aldehyde group, and is thus part of the aldose family. The natural isomer...

be classified by the number x of carbon atoms they contain: triose (3), tetrose (4), pentose (5), hexose (6), heptose (7), and so on. Glucose, used as...

Glycolaldehyde Trioses Aldotriose Glyceraldehyde Ketotriose Dihydroxyacetone Tetroses Aldotetroses Erythrose Threose Ketotetrose Erythrulose Pentoses Aldopentoses...

Butlerov showed in 1861 that the formose reaction created sugars including tetroses, pentoses, and hexoses when formaldehyde is heated under basic conditions...

acids Nucleotide sugars Hexose-P Triose-P Glycerol P-glycerates Pentose-P Tetrose-P Propionyl -CoA Succinate Acetyl -CoA Pentose-P P-glycerates Glyoxylate...

(a ketodiose is not possible since there are only two carbons). Triose Tetrose Pentose Hexose Heptose Mathews, Christopher K.; Van Holde, Kensal Edward;...

acids Nucleotide sugars Hexose-P Triose-P Glycerol P-glycerates Pentose-P Tetrose-P Propionyl -CoA Succinate Acetyl -CoA Pentose-P P-glycerates Glyoxylate...

L-Pneumose (6-deoxy-L-talose) L-Fuculose (6-deoxy-L-tagatose) Diose Triose Tetrose Pentose Heptose Octose Thisbe K. Lindhorst (2007). Essentials of Carbohydrate...