Glucose and Epimers
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Mannose
C2 epimer of glucose
Galactose
C4 epimer of glucose
B-anomer
the anomeric carbon C1 -OH is cis to the CH2OH relative to the "plane" of the ring
a-anomer
the anomeric carbon C1-OH is trans to the CH2OH relative to the "plane" of the ring
anomeric carbon
the new chiral center formed in ring closure; it was the carbon containing the carbonyl in the straight-chain form
