The aldoses’ triangle
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One of the significant difficulties that students might find when trying to ace an Organic Chemistry course is the need to memorize a lot of information. This practice is very time-consuming and sometimes the memorized material is lost during the next few days after the evaluations. As the use of mnemonics has proven to be effective in long-term memorization, we propose the use of the Aldoses’ Triangle as a handy tool when dealing with the structures of the C5, C6 aldoses, and C6 ketoses.
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