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Q.Write the structure of α-D (+) glucopyranose

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Step 1. Start from open-chain D-(+)-glucose (§14.1.3): CHO at C1, four consecutive -CHOH- carbons at C2-C5, and -CH₂OH at C6.

Step 2. The -OH group on C5 attacks the C1 aldehyde carbon intramolecularly, forming a cyclic hemiacetal: a six-membered ring made up of C1 through C5 plus the ring oxygen contributed by C5's original -OH, with C6 (as -CH₂OH) hanging off the ring at C5. Because this ring shares the same skeleton as the compound pyran, it is called the pyranose form. …

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