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Anomeric carbon
An anomeric carbon is the new stereocenter created in forming the cyclic structure of a monosaccharide.
It is the carbon that is connected to two oxygen molecules.
Stereoisomers that differ in configuration only at the anomeric carbon are called anomers.
See also
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