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Carbohydrates are one of three classes of primary metabolites and thus natural products. They are polyhydroxylated hydrocarbons and their derivatives. Colloquially, they are known as sugars. This tag may be applied to all questions that concern carbohydrate species in solution, reaction mechanisms and structures.

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Why can't the fructose monomer in sucrose be α-fructose?

In all academic sources, sucrose is identified as α−glucose (1-->2) β−fructose. However, I cannot find any explanation anywhere as to why the fructose monomer has to be in the β configuration. Maltose …
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