anomeric carbon
Hemiacetal carbon atom
The anomeric carbon is the carbon atom in a cyclic sugar molecule that was the carbonyl carbon in the open-chain form.
When a sugar closes into a ring, this carbon gains a new hydroxyl group that can point in two directions, creating alpha and beta forms called anomers.
The anomeric carbon is central to how sugars link together in carbohydrates like starch and cellulose.
- alphaFirst Greek letter
- betaGreek alphabet's second letter
- glucosePrimary cellular fuel
- hydroxyl-OH functional group
- stereochemistryStudy of molecular shape
reducing · sugar · cyclic · ring · aldehyde · ketone · saccharide · chair · axial · equatorial · configuration · isomer · lactose · maltose · cellulose · starch
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