Chemistry term

L sugar

In one sentence

A carbohydrate for which the chirality center furthest from the carbonyl group will have an OH group pointing to the left in the Fischer projection.

A carbohydrate for which the chirality center furthest from the carbonyl group will have an OH group pointing to the left in the Fischer projection.

When the OH on the bottom of a chiral system points to the left, this makes the sugar (L).

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