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Haworth projection

A two-dimensional representation of pyranose and furanose structures in which they are shown as hexagons and pentagons respectively. The lower ring atoms are understood as being towards and the upper ones away from the observer; the substituents of ring carbon atoms are shown directly above and below the apices of the polygon.

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