The naturally occurring sugar glucose (Chapter 24) exists in the two isomeric cyclic forms shown below. These

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The naturally occurring sugar glucose (Chapter 24) exists in the two isomeric cyclic forms shown below. These are called α and β, respectively, and they are in equilibrium by means of chemical processes that are introduced in Chapter 17.
The naturally occurring sugar glucose (Chapter 24) exists in the

(a) Which of the two forms is more stable?
(b) At equilibrium the two forms are present in a ratio of approximately 64:36. Calculate the free energy difference that corresponds to this equilibrium ratio. How closely does the value you obtained correlate with the data in Table 4-3?

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Organic Chemistry structure and function

ISBN: 978-1429204941

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Authors: K. Peter C. Vollhardt, Neil E. Schore

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