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Aldohexoses may exist as furanoses or pyranoses. Aldopentoses also may exist as furanoses or pyranoses.
   


  a)
  Draw Haworth projections for a furanose and a pyranose obtained from D-ribose.
   
   
  b)
  Each product can exist in two anomeric forms. What is the structural difference between these forms?
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The two anomeric forms differ in the position of the OH group on the C1 carbon relative to the OH at the lowest chirality center in the Fisher projection. If these two OH groups are cis, the anomer is , if they are trans the anomer is .
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