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What is essentially the difference between `alpha`-glucose and `beta`-glucose ? What is meant by pyranose structure of glucose ?

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Pyranose : The six membered cyclic structure of glucose is called pyranose structure `(lambda of beta)`.
Pyran is cyclic compound with one oxygen and 5 carbon atoms in ring.
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