Comments on: The Haworth Projection https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2018/01/11/haworth-projections/ Tue, 24 Jan 2023 19:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: James Ashenhurst https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2018/01/11/haworth-projections/#comment-646693 Tue, 24 Jan 2023 19:50:00 +0000 https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/?p=11177#comment-646693 In reply to aditi.

Equilibrium between straight-chain hydroxy aldehydes and cyclic hemiacetals favors cyclic form. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja01141a030

]]> By: aditi https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2018/01/11/haworth-projections/#comment-646669 Tue, 24 Jan 2023 12:26:21 +0000 https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/?p=11177#comment-646669 but why does glucose have a cyclic structure in the first place?

]]> By: meher https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2018/01/11/haworth-projections/#comment-581132 Fri, 12 Jun 2020 11:50:02 +0000 https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/?p=11177#comment-581132 lol this made me learn this thing soo quick
thanks man

]]> By: James Ashenhurst https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2018/01/11/haworth-projections/#comment-554154 Thu, 25 Apr 2019 20:39:06 +0000 https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/?p=11177#comment-554154 In reply to Victor.

Thanks for that note, you are absolutely correct.

]]> By: Victor https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2018/01/11/haworth-projections/#comment-526370 Sat, 13 Jan 2018 02:57:12 +0000 https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/?p=11177#comment-526370 I’d also add a note that this type of drawing is useful for other cyclic structures as well, especially when discussing stereochemistry of, say, epoxides. Some old-fashioned professors LOVE drawing cyclic compounds like that.

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