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Inside Cover: Ribose Found in the Gas Phase (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 13/2012)
Author(s) -
Cocinero Emilio J.,
Lesarri Alberto,
Écija Patricia,
Basterretxea Francisco J.,
Grabow JensUwe,
Fernández José A.,
Castaño Fernando
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201109101
Subject(s) - gas phase , hydrogen bond , ribose , conformational isomerism , rotational spectroscopy , hydrogen , chemistry , furanose , phase (matter) , cover (algebra) , molecule , biochemistry , organic chemistry , ring (chemistry) , enzyme , mechanical engineering , engineering
Sugars in space: The rotational signature of ribose, the first C 5 sugar to be detected in the gas phase, is reported by E. J. Cocinero, A. Lesarri, and co‐workers in their Communication on page 3119 ff. Six conformers were detected by a combination of laser vaporization and microwave spectroscopy. All adopt a pyranoside (pyr) structure, stabilized by cooperative hydrogen‐bond networks, rather than the furanose form usually found in biological compounds. This rotational spectrum opens the door to the radio‐astronomical detection of the first sugar in space.