Furanosides
Furanosides are a class of organic compounds that are glycosides where the sugar moiety is in its furanose form. A furanose is a cyclic form of a monosaccharide containing a five-membered ring, consisting of four carbon atoms and one oxygen atom. This is in contrast to pyranosides, where the sugar is in its pyranose form, a six-membered ring. The linkage between the anomeric carbon of the sugar and the aglycone (a non-carbohydrate group) in a furanoside is typically an oxygen atom, forming a glycosidic bond.
Furanosides are commonly found in nature, particularly as components of nucleic acids, such as ribonucleosides. In