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Offline dvp331

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Sugars that undergo mutarotation?
« on: August 03, 2011, 10:33:32 PM »
Can someone please tell me how to figure out if a sugar undergoes mutarotation? What am i looking for...? I have attached an example... I just don't understand

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Re: Sugars that undergo mutarotation?
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2011, 03:08:49 AM »
Let's start with the basics:

1. What do you understand by the term "mutarotation"?
2. Can you draw a mechanism for the process?

Consider the answer to 2. and you can see which sugars will undergo mutarotation.
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