Haworth projection

Haworth projection of the structures for α-D-glucopyranose and α-L-glucopyranose.

A Haworth projection is a common way of writing a structural formula to represent the cyclic structure of monosaccharides with a simple three-dimensional perspective. Organic chemistry and especially biochemistry are the areas of chemistry that use the Haworth projection the most.

The Haworth projection was named after the English chemist Sir Norman Haworth.

A Haworth projection has the following characteristics:[1]

See also

References

  1. IUPAC, Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book") (1997). Online corrected version:  (2006) "Haworth representation".
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