The molecule is a CDP-sugar having D-ribulose as the sugar component with the CDP moiety attached at position 5. It is a CDP-sugar and a secondary alpha-hydroxy ketone. It derives from a D-ribulose. It is a conjugate acid of a CDP-D-ribulose(2-).
[[(2R,3S,4R,5R)-5-(4-amino-2-oxopyrimidin-1-yl)-3,4-dihydroxyoxolan-2-yl]methoxy-hydroxyphosphoryl] [(2R,3R)-2,3,5-trihydroxy-4-oxopentyl] hydrogen phosphate