Which of the following carbons are present outside the ring of fructose?
Biology
Biological Molecules
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First and last carbons, or the first and sixth carbons, stay outside the ring while fructose can form fructofuranose, a five-cornered ring structure with four carbons and an oxygen atom inside.
First and last carbons, or the first and sixth carbons, stay outside the ring while fructose can form fructofuranose, a five-cornered ring structure with four carbons and an oxygen atom inside.