Linear Forms of Monosaccharides

FIGURE 1.3 The family tree of D-aldoses with the trivial and abbreviated names. 

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The Fischer projection is a convenient way of showing the configurations of the linear forms of monosaccharides. This convention depicts the concepts of stereochemistry established by Jacobus Henricus van t Hoff and Joseph Achille Le Bel in a simplified form. While these abbreviated structural formulas are simple to write and easy to visualize, there are some guidelines that should be taken into account when converting a three-dimensional structure into a Fischer projection and in its manipulation (Fig. 1.2) ... 

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