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Sugars in 3D / Anomers · Epimers · Mutarotation

Turn the Haworth ring into the real chair, flip C1 between α and β, and watch the ring open and close.

C
O
H
anomeric carbon
axial –OH (chair)
Spin Hydrogens Numbers Ring plane
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