Haworth projection

The representation, using perspective, now known as a Haworth projection, is still widely used in biochemistry.

Haworth projections are a related chemical notation used to represent sugars in ring form.

The Haworth projection is used for cyclic sugars.

The three-dimensional structure of a monosaccharides in cyclic form is usually represented by its Haworth projection.

A Haworth projection has the following characteristics:

A Haworth projection is a common way of representing the cyclic structure of monosaccharides with a simple three-dimensional perspective.

The groups on the right hand side of a Fischer projection are equivalent to those below the plane of the ring in Haworth projections.

Haworth drew the ring as a flat hexagon with groups above and below the plane of the ring - the Haworth projection.

The Haworth projection was named after the English chemist Sir Norman Haworth.

Other methods for depicting molecules are the Fischer projection, the Haworth projection and the Natta projection.

The given definition is the one used by IUPAC, which recommends the Haworth projection to correctly assign stereochemical configurations.

Haworth worked out the correct structure of a number of sugars, and is known among organic chemists for his development of the Haworth projection that translates three-dimensional sugar structures into convenient two-dimensional graphical form.