Information AboutMutarotation |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT MUTAROTATION | |
| organic chemistry | |
| carbohydrates | |
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As the name suggests, it is the change in rotation ("Muta" means "Change"). Plane polarized light is obtained by passing ordinary light through a Nicol Prism . During mutarotation, either α or β forms keep changing into the chain structure periodically to and fro. Mutarotation also refers to the interconversion between the α and β anomers. However it must be converted to the open chain structure first before it can change conformation to the α or β position. For example, in Glucose , carbon 1 (the aldehyde carbon) is the anomeric carbon. In fructose, carbon 2 (the keto carbon) is anomeric. Unlike the epimers, which are stable under ordinary conditions, anomers interconvert spontaneosly. |
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