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Dr. Glaser's Visualization Center
To accompany Bruice, Organic Chemistry, 3/e, Chapter 20

Theme Molecule Name Chemical Formula
Pyran pyran (S) C5H6O
Furan furan (S) C4H4O
Glucose alpha-D-glucopyranose (S) C6H12O6
Glucose beta-D-glucopyranose (S) C6H12O6
Fructose alpha-D-fructopyranose (S) C6H12O6
Fructose beta-D-fructopyranose (S) C6H12O6
Fructose alpha-D-fructofuranose (S) C6H12O6
Fructose beta-D-fructofuranose (S) C6H12O6
Glucosamine (from PDB) heparin (S) pdb glycosaminoglycan

[a] Unless otherwise noted, structures were optimized at the ab initio level RHF/6-31G*.
[b] Structures marked pdb were obtained from the protein data bank.