Glucose and Its Anomers

Outline1. Beta Anomer  2. Axial Groups  3. Equatorial Groups4. Alpha Anomer  5. Thermal Animation

Equatorial Groups

The relatively bulky –OH and –CH2OH groups are equatorial in the β anomer of D-glucose.

between spacefilled and ball-and-stick models of β-D-glucose.

Steric crowding between axial substituents becomes a problem unless all the axial groups are hydrogens. This is especially apparent if you the molecule along its symmetry axis. the molecule 180°.