What is difference between alpha and beta glucose
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The difference between alpha and beta glucose is nothing more than the position of one of the four -OH groups. The carbon to the right of the oxygen atom in the hexagonal ring is called the anomeric carbon. If the -OH group attached to it is below the ring, the molecule is alpha glucose.



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