Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Haworth projection:
A representation of
cyclic
carbohydrate
molecular structure
. The
carbohydrate's
ring is drawn as if
planar
, and the
substituents
points straight up or straight down (perpendicular to the falsely-implied planar ring).
Sample Haworth Projections
α
-
D
-
Glucopyranose
β
-
D
-
Glucopyranose
β
-
D
-
Ribofuranose
Related terms:
Fischer projection
,
pyranose
,
furanose
,
anomeric carbon
,
Newman projection
,
wedges
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