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Normally, C6H12O6 is the formula for glucose, a type of sugar. However, a number of other sugars have the same formula eg fructose, galactose. All of these sugars are simple sugars or monosaccharides. They have the same formula but the atoms are arranged differently in the different molecules. This is called isomerism, and the sugars are called isomers of each other. Sugars like these which have 6 carbon atoms are called hexose sugars. For diagrams of these sugars see: http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/C/Carbohydrates.html

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