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THE British Association discussion at Norwich X on September 5, in Section B (Chemistry), on the molecular structure of carbohydrates, following the presidential address to the section, revealed both the variety of the important problems which still await solution, and the diversity of methods now employed in the attack on these problems. The discussion was opened by Prof. W. N. Haworth, president of Section B, whose presidential address constituted a survey of the present position of poly-saccharide chemistry. It was shown that the recognition of the pyranose structure of ordinary glucose ?-a discovery barely ten years old?led the way in the elucidation of the ring structures of the disaccharides and afterwards of the polysaccharides.
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Molecular Structure of Carbohydrates. Nature 136, 767–768 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136767a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/136767a0