Haworth projection

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A Haworth projection is a common way of drawing cyclic sugars that represents the three-dimensional arrangement of atoms in a planar ring form.

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instanceOf chemical notation
structural formula representation
appliesTo D-fructose
D-glucose
deoxyribose
galactose
lactose
maltose
ribose
sucrose
assumes planar ring geometry for depiction
category carbohydrate structural representation
chemical nomenclature and structure representation
contrastsWith Fischer projection
chair conformation representation
developedIn early 20th century
field biochemistry
carbohydrate chemistry
organic chemistry
hasConvention anomeric carbon placed to the right of ring oxygen
heavier line for bonds closer to viewer
oxygen atom typically placed at upper right of ring
ring drawn as planar polygon
substituents drawn above or below ring plane
namedAfter Walter Norman Haworth NERFINISHED
relatedTo Fischer–Haworth conversion NERFINISHED
Newman projection NERFINISHED
sawhorse projection
represents anomeric configuration of sugars
cyclic hemiacetal forms of sugars
furanose forms of sugars
pyranose forms of sugars
three-dimensional arrangement of atoms in a planar ring form
shows alpha and beta anomers of carbohydrates
configuration at the anomeric carbon
relative positions of substituents above and below the ring plane
stereochemistry at chiral centers in the ring
simplifies representation of cyclic structures for teaching
three-dimensional chair conformations
usedBy biochemists
chemists
students of chemistry
usedFor depicting monosaccharide ring forms
illustrating carbohydrate stereochemistry
representing cyclic sugars
usedIn biochemistry education
organic chemistry education
textbook illustrations of carbohydrates

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Fischer projection relatedTo Haworth projection