Spatial Models of Sugars and Their Compounds

Abstract

The images of saccharide and polysaccharide molecules in spaces of various dimensions are considered. A method has been developed for obtaining simplified three-dimensional images of sugar molecules and their chains based on their images in spaces of higher dimensions. It was found that three-dimensional images of furanose and pyranose molecules fundamentally differ from each other to form convex and, accordingly, non-convex bodies. This leads to fundamental differences in the structure of polysaccharides from these molecules.