What are Haworth projection formulas, and how do they relate to monosaccharides, disaccharides, oligosaccharides, and polysaccharides?
Understand the Problem
The question involves understanding various types of carbohydrates, including their structures, reactions, and categorizations, specifically focusing on monosaccharides, disaccharides, oligosaccharides, and polysaccharides.
Answer
Haworth projections depict the cyclic forms of monosaccharides and their linked structures (disaccharides, oligosaccharides, and polysaccharides) as planar rings.
Haworth projection formulas are two-dimensional representations of cyclic forms of monosaccharides, disaccharides, oligosaccharides, and polysaccharides, showing their ring structures in a planar format.
Answer for screen readers
Haworth projection formulas are two-dimensional representations of cyclic forms of monosaccharides, disaccharides, oligosaccharides, and polysaccharides, showing their ring structures in a planar format.
More Information
Haworth projections are named after the British chemist, Norman Haworth, and are a common way to depict the cyclic structure of sugars.
Tips
Ensure placement of substituent groups is correct: groups on the right in Fischer projections should be 'down' and those on the left 'up' in Haworth projections.
Sources
- Haworth Formula - Chemistry LibreTexts - chem.libretexts.org
- The Haworth Projection - Master Organic Chemistry - masterorganicchemistry.com
- Carbohydrates - MSU Chemistry - .chemistry.msu.edu
