IT has long been a matter of interest to synthesize 2-deoxy-D-ribose, a component sugar of deoxyribonucleic acid, and several methods have been reported 1. We wish to communicate some results ...

Later it was found that the sugar in nucleic acid can be ribose or deoxyribose ... Scientists still needed to figure out this molecule's structure to be sure, and to understand how it worked.

Each ribonucleotide base consists of a ribose sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base. Adjacent ribose nucleotide bases are chemically attached to one another in a chain via chemical ...