Re: ORGLIST: Glucopyranose

From: Kimberley Cousins (kcousins$##$csusb.edu)
Date: Wed Nov 01 2000 - 17:16:45 EST

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Good question, and I'm sure someone has answered it (I want to hear, too).
My "guess" is that its highly linked to solvation, and intramolec
H-bonding vs. H-bonding with water, rather than an isolated molecule
("steric vs anomeric effect") phenomenon.

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On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, Ashutosh wrote:

> In an equilibrium solution of alpha and beta D-Glucopyranose there is a slightly more percentage of the beta isomer.Is it due to some steric effect or are some other factors involved too.
> Thanks
> Ashutosh S. Jogalekar
> Department of Chemistry
> University of Pune
> India
>
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