Organic Chemistry
Galactose is the C4 epimer of glucose. Draw the structure of D-galactose in
a. Fischer projection.
b. Chair conformation of the β-pyranose anomer.
c. Haworth projection.
Show the structures of the sugar derivatives given below.
4-O-(β-D-glucopyranosyl)-D-galactopyranose
The cyclization of ribulose is shown below. Propose a mechanism for this cyclization, assuming a small amount of acid is present.
