Organic Chemistry
The brief treatment of a D-hexanose with a dilute base causes the isomerization of its carbonyl. The product is the C3 epimer of D-fructose. What is the structure of the furanose product?
Draw the structure(s) of the cyclic hemiacetal formed by the 4-hydroxyaldehyde, 4-hydroxyhexanal.
The C3 epimer of glucose is allose. Draw the structure of α-D-allose in chair conformation.
Which of the OH groups in β-D-altropyranose are in the axial position?