FIGURE 2.9. Conversion from Fischer to chair projection formula; (R) right; (L) left.

FIGURE 2.9

Conversion from Fischer to chair projection formula; (R) right; (L) left. Red arrows illustrate the path to follow along the sugar backbone when correlating the stereochemistry of the Fischer projection with the chair conformation.

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Essentials of Glycobiology. 2nd edition.
Varki A, Cummings RD, Esko JD, et al., editors.
Cold Spring Harbor (NY): Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press; 2009.
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