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D - form [[Sugars|sugars]] have the -OH functional group facing to the right on the furthest [[Chiral centre|chiral centre]] down on the [[Fischer Projection|Fischer Projection]] structure of the sugar. | D - form [[Sugars|sugars]] have the -OH functional group facing to the right on the furthest [[Chiral centre|chiral centre]] down on the [[Fischer Projection|Fischer Projection]] structure of the sugar. | ||
D - form configurations are most common in sugars. [[Image:DL- | D - form configurations are most common in sugars. | ||
It is called D-form because of the direction in which the sugar rotates in the plane of polarized light, hence to the right it is called dextrorotatory (D). | |||
[[Image:DL-Glucose svg.png|194x157px|DL-Glucose svg.png]] | |||
Revision as of 18:17, 6 December 2018
D - form sugars have the -OH functional group facing to the right on the furthest chiral centre down on the Fischer Projection structure of the sugar.
D - form configurations are most common in sugars.
It is called D-form because of the direction in which the sugar rotates in the plane of polarized light, hence to the right it is called dextrorotatory (D).
