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Structure of Carbohydrates and their Optical Rotatory Power

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IT would appear from two recent publications by Dr. C. S. Hudson of New York (J. Amer. Ohem. Soc, 52, pp. 1680, 1707; 1930) that the classification of the ring structure of sugars can be decided upon little more evidence than that of the optical rotations which these substances display in a single solvent and for light of one selected wave-length. If this claim could be substantiated, the method might be usefully extended to other groups of compounds and the labours of organic and bio-chemists would be immeasurably simplified.

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    W. N. HAWORTH

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HAWORTH, W. Structure of Carbohydrates and their Optical Rotatory Power. Nature 126, 238–239 (1930). https://doi.org/10.1038/126238b0

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