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Interpretation:
In anthrax spore tetrasaccharide, the glycosidic linkages between the carbohydrates are to be labelled.
Concept introduction:
In disaccharide or polysaccharide, the two or more sugar molecules are linked with glycosidic bond.
The bond formed between the anomeric carbon of one sugar molecule and the hydroxyl group of other sugar molecule is called glycosidic bond or glycosidic linkage.
The glycosidic linkage can be labelled by the stereochemistry at anomeric carbon as
The stereoisomer belongs to
The stereoisomer belongs to
For the
For the
In a Fischer projection, the substituents to the right are down and those to the left are up in the corresponding Haworth formula.
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