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Carbohydrates

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 Reducing sugars are small carbohydrates (usually containing one or two sugar units) that are capable of acting as reducing agents towards metal salts

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The Haworth Projection

The Haworth Projection The Haworth Projection is a convenient notation for showing the structure of sugars. Since every substituent points either straight up or straight

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