Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Glucopyranose:
Glucose
in a cyclic form, containing a six-membered tetrahydropyran ring (i.e., it is a
pyranose
).
Acyclic
glucose
Tetrahydropyran
α
-
D
-
Gluco
pyranose
β
-
D
-
Gluco
pyranose
Related terms:
Carbohydrate
,
furanose
,
anomeric carbon
,
hemiacetal
,
Haworth projection
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