The correct representation in six membered pyranose form for the following sugar [ X ] is
(A)(see structure)
(B)(see structure)✓ Correct
(C)(see structure)
(D)(see structure)
Answer: (B)
Solution
In the Fischer projection of sugar X the hydroxyls lie on the left at C-2 and C-3 and on the right at C-4 and C-5; this is the configuration of D-mannose, the C-2 epimer of D-glucose. On cyclisation to the six-membered pyranose ring the standard rule applies: groups written on the right in the Fischer projection point downward in the ring and those on the left point upward, while the terminal CH2OH of a D-sugar points upward. This places the hydroxyls at C-2 and C-3 above the ring plane and the hydroxyl at C-4 below it, with CH2OH up. The ring structure showing hydroxyls up at C-2 and C-3, down at C-4, and CH2OH up is the correct pyranose form of this sugar.
JEE Main · 2023 · 01 Feb 2023 · Shift 1 · Single correct option