| Glucose can have two very different shapes depending on how the molecule loops around to form its ring. In the Chair configuration the ends to the molecule are more or less straight |
| The molecule to the left is in the Boat configuration. Notice that the ends of the molecule turn up. Move the molecule around. (if you cannot see a molecule in either of these boxes install the metastream plugin.) |
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