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The objective of this article is to illustrate and visualize the structures and concepts related to the structures of glucose (aldohexose<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldohexose Aldohexose]</ref>) and fructose (ketohexose<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketohexose Ketohexose]</ref>). | The objective of this article is to illustrate and visualize the structures and concepts related to the structures of glucose (aldohexose<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldohexose Aldohexose]</ref>) and fructose (ketohexose<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketohexose Ketohexose]</ref>). | ||
[[Image:D-glucose (fischer).png|thumb|left|Figure: Fischer Projection Structure of D-Glucose.]] | [[Image:D-glucose (fischer).png|thumb|left|Figure: Fischer Projection Structure of D-Glucose.]] | ||
| - | The figure to the left contains glucose drawn as a Fischer projection structure. The most oxidized group, in this case the aldehyde group, is is drawn at the top, all horizontal bonds project to the front of the plane of the screen and all vertical bonds are assumed to project behind the plane of the screen. As shown in the scene below if glucose is set in the Fischer projection conformation carbon #6 (green) circles around to meet carbon #1 (orange). | ||
| - | <table width='500' align='right' cellpadding='5'><tr><td rowspan='2'> </td><td bgcolor='#eeeeee'><Structure load='open chain glucose.pdb' size='490' frame='true' align='right' caption='' scene='Hexoses/Glucose_fischer/1' /></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor='#eeeeee'><center> | + | <table width='500' align='right' cellpadding='5'><tr><td rowspan='2'> </td><td bgcolor='#eeeeee'><Structure load='open chain glucose.pdb' size='490' frame='true' align='right' caption='' scene='Hexoses/Glucose_fischer/1' /></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor='#eeeeee'><center><scene name='Hexoses/Glucose_fischer/1'> (Initial scene)</scene></center></td></tr></table> |
| + | The figure to the left contains glucose drawn as a Fischer projection structure. When drawing the Fischer projection the most oxidized group, in this case the aldehyde group, is is drawn at the top, all horizontal bonds project to the front of the plane of the screen and all vertical bonds project behind the plane of the screen. As shown in the scene to the right if glucose is set in the Fischer projection conformation in Jmol carbon #6 (green) circles around to meet carbon #1 (orange). | ||
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== Terms Defined in Wikipedia == | == Terms Defined in Wikipedia == | ||
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Revision as of 17:42, 17 October 2011
The objective of this article is to illustrate and visualize the structures and concepts related to the structures of glucose (aldohexose[1]) and fructose (ketohexose[2]).
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The figure to the left contains glucose drawn as a Fischer projection structure. When drawing the Fischer projection the most oxidized group, in this case the aldehyde group, is is drawn at the top, all horizontal bonds project to the front of the plane of the screen and all vertical bonds project behind the plane of the screen. As shown in the scene to the right if glucose is set in the Fischer projection conformation in Jmol carbon #6 (green) circles around to meet carbon #1 (orange).
