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Grade 12th passOrganic Chemistry

Why only the -OH group from 5th carbon(not -OH group from any other carbon)attacks on 1st carbon of glucose during the formation of cyclic anomers?

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9 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Vikas TU
9 Years ago
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To reduce the steric hindrances and bulkiness and to gain the more stablity with more number of carbon chains It choose the 5th carbon atom to get eliminated.
Reasons are same: To achieve the stability level.

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