Remarks concerning the Names Volemose and Volemulose

A Simple Proof of the Configurations in the Glucose and Galactose Series 

Step 2. By the heptitol meso relationship, OH must be below Cj. Step 3. By the hexitol meso relationship, OH must be below C4. Step 4. By the heptitol meso relationship, OH must be below Ce. Step 5. By the hexitol meso relationship, the OH s on Cj and 0 must be on one side. 

Step 6. The optical activity of the octitol requires that this side be the upper. 

The proof is now complete and the full configuration has become the one that is shown on p. 22 for this octitol. The configurations of d-glucose and natural galactose follow obviously, and it is seen that the symbol d is necessary for this form of galactose. 

Data for the Identification of Various Higher-carbon Alcohols of the Sugar Group 

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