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As is well known, the d-galactose configuration may be derived from that of d-glucose by a simple optical inversion at position 4 as shown in the annexed conventional symbols:
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ROBINSON, R. An Aspect of the Biochemistry of the Sugars. Nature 120, 44 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/120044a0
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