Pyranoses and Furanoses: Ring-Chain Tautomerism In Sugars
Pyranoses , Furanoses, Straight-Chain Glucose, And Ring-Chain Tautomerism Sugars such as glucose exist in equilibrium between their open-chain form and various cyclic forms where an
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What is Mutarotation?
All About Mutarotation The OH group on C-1 of sugars can have two possible configurations. This gives rise to two stereoisomers (called “anomers”) : the
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Reducing Sugars Reducing sugars are small carbohydrates (usually containing one or two sugar units) that are capable of acting as reducing agents towards metal salts
Read moreConverting a Fischer Projection To A Haworth (And Vice Versa)
Everything you ever wanted to know about converting Fischer Projections to Haworth Projections, And Vice Versa Starting with a Fischer projection, it’s not too hard
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