The naturally occurring sugar glucose (Chapter 24) exists in the two isomeric cyclic forms shown below. These
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(a) Which of the two forms is more stable?
(b) At equilibrium the two forms are present in a ratio of approximately 64:36. Calculate the free energy difference that corresponds to this equilibrium ratio. How closely does the value you obtained correlate with the data in Table 4-3?
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Organic Chemistry structure and function
ISBN: 978-1429204941
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Authors: K. Peter C. Vollhardt, Neil E. Schore
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