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➢ Structural Formulas for Monosaccharides:

a) Fischer projection b) Haworth formulas

Each glucose anomer is designated as an α anomer or a β anomer depending on the

location of the OH group of C1. When we draw the cyclic forms of a D sugar the α

anomer has the OH trans to the CH 2OH group and the β anomer has the OH cis to the

CH 2OH group.