Among the most important molecules in the living world are sugars or carbohydrates, which play a vital role in life processes. Sugars provide the main source of fuel for the body, protect muscles from ...
PROF. W. N. HAWOKTH'S presidential address to Section B (Chemistry) deals with the molecular structure of carbohydrates. Ten years have elapsed since the structural model of glucose was first ...
In the field of stereochemistry, the structure of a compound and the three-dimensional arrangement of its atoms needs to be known to understand the behavioural and chemical properties of the compound.