Medical Definition of Mutarotation
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Name given to the phenomenon that occurs when glucose is dissolved in water. There is an equilibrium that is formed between the open-chain form and the alpha and beta pyranose forms. The beta is the most stable conformation because it puts the -OH in an equatorial position and thus most of the glucose in the aqueous solution is in the beta form.
(09 Jan 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mutarotation
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