It's Sugarcoated!

Steps

• 1. Using a medium connector attach a carbon atom to the right of the oxygen atom.

  
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  2. Using other medium connectors, add four more carbon atoms to each other forming the backbone ring, this should connect back to the oxygen atom.

  Congrats! You’ve successfully built the backbone needed to build glucose.

  Note: Since you now have your backbone structure, we will start off by first building an alpha glucose, in this case the hydroxyl group (-OH) attached to carbon #1 is positioned below the ring.

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  3. Starting with our #1 carbon (carbon to the right of the oxygen atom), in the hole facing you, use a short connector to attach a hydrogen atom. This is a representation that the hydrogen atom is “above” the ring.

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  4. Creating a Hydroxyl (-OH) Group: On the same carbon #1 atom, in the hole facing downwards use a medium connector to attach an oxygen atom and then a short connector to attach the hydrogen atom to the oxygen atom thus forming your hydroxyl (-OH) group.

  Note: This hydroxyl group should be pointing away from you and is an indication that the group is positioned below the ring.

  Now that you have successfully built the alpha anomer, it’s time to build out the remainder of the glucose molecule!

• 5. At carbon #2, in the hole facing you, use a short connector and attach a hydrogen atom. Then in the hole behind, use a medium and a short connector as instructed above to attach your hydroxyl group.

  Note: Once again this will indicate that the hydrogen is positioned above the ring while the hydroxyl group is below the ring.

  
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  6. At carbon #3 using a medium connector and a short connector attach a hydroxyl group in the hole facing you. Then, use a short connector to attach a hydrogen in the hole below.

• 7. At carbon #4 using a short connector attach a hydrogen atom in the hole facing you. Then use a medium connector and a short connector respectively to attach a hydroxyl group in the remaining hole.

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  8. At carbon #5 using a medium connector attach the final carbon atom (Carbon #6) in the hole facing upwards.

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  9. At carbon #6 use a medium connector and a short connector to attach the final hydroxyl group.

• 10. Using the remaining small connectors attach hydrogen atoms in the open holes on the molecule.