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Chapter 20, Problem 51P
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Compounds A, B, C and D are to be identified.

Concept Introduction:

The structural representation of sugar molecule in cyclic form is known as Haworth projection.  Sugar molecule that has six-membered-ring is known as pyranose and sugar molecule that has five-membered-ring is called furanose.  A sugar molecule in which hydroxyl groups of second last carbon atom is on left side is known as L sugar otherwise D sugar.

The Wohl degradation is used in order to reduce the chain of an aldose by one carbon and Kiliani-Fischer synthesis is used to increase the chain length of an aldose sugar.

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