How can I draw d -glucose in its chair conformation? Why it is the most common aldohexose in nature?

    First convert the Fischer projection to a Haworth projection then convert the Haworth projection to a chair form.
    The Fischer projection of glucose is
    Convert to a Haworth Projection
    Step 1. Draw a basic Haworth projection with the ring oxygen at the top.
    ##C-1## is the atom to the right of the oxygen and ##C-5## is the atom to its left.
    Step 2. Draw a ##CH_2OH## on ##C-5##.
    Step 3. Draw an ##OH## below the ring on ##C-1## for the form (draw it above the ring for the form).
    Step 4. Draw all the ##OH## groups on the right side of the Fischer projection on the bottom of the ring. Those on the left go above the ring.
    The ##O## on C-5 is part of the ring.
    You can omit the hydrogen atoms so the Haworth projection for -D-glucopyranose is
    Convert Haworth to Chair
    Step 1. Draw a cyclohexane chair in which the ##O## atom replaces ##C-6## and the bulky ##CH_2OH## is in the equatorial position.
    Step 2. Put all the ##OH## groups that are down in the Haworth projection down in the chair. All the other ##OH## groups go up.
    The chair form of -D-glucopyranose is
    The structure of -D-glucopyranose is
    Prevalence of Glucose
    As you move around the -glucose ring you see that all the substituents are equatorial.
    This is the most stable arrangement possible.
    In -glucose only the ##OH## at ##C-1## is axial.
    Every other aldohexose would have more axial substituents and be less stable.
    Glucose is the most common hexose because it is the most stable.

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