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Q.Haworth formula of maltose

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Step 1. Draw two separate six-membered Haworth pyranose rings, each following the alpha-D-glucopyranose pattern (section 14.2.6/Fig. 14.6): ring oxygen between C-1 and C-5, -OH's placed by the Fischer-to-Haworth conversion rule, and the anomeric C-1 -OH specifically drawn DOWN (alpha-configuration) on the first ring, since it is this ring's anomeric carbon that forms the glycosidic bond.

Step 2. Connect the two rings by a single oxygen bridge running from C-1 of the first ring to C-4 of the second ring -- this bridging oxygen (formed by loss of water between the two -OH groups) is the alpha-1,4-glycosidic linkage (section 14.2.9b, Fig. 14.9).

Step 3. Leave the SECOND ring's own C-1 anomeric -OH completely free and unreacted -- this free hemiacetal group is exactly what makes maltose a reducing sugar.

Step 4. Number both rings' carbons C-1 through C-6 and label the whole structure maltose, alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-(1->4)-D-glucopyranose.

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Two alpha-glucopyranose Haworth rings, oxygen-bridged from ring-1's C-1 to ring-2's C-4 (alpha-1,4-glycosidic linkage); ring-2's own anomeric C-1 -OH is drawn free (unreacted).

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