Pyranoses and Furanoses: Ring-Chain Tautomerism In Sugars
The Many Forms Of Glucose What’s the structure of glucose? A simple question! but one with many “right” answers. The first question to ask, which we covered
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The Big Damn Post Of Sugar Nomenclature
Man, is there ever a lot of sugar nomenclature to know! This post aims to collect the most commonly encountered terms in a typical second-semester
Read moreThe Ruff Degradation and Kiliani-Fischer Synthesis
The Kiliani-Fischer Synthesis is a method for extending a carbohydrate chain by a single carbon. The Ruff Degradation is a method for shortening a carbohydrate
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