The reactions involved in constructing glucose are almost entirely composed of the same processes we have been looking at!  The following diagram is a portion of the photosynthetic pathway.  Note how many of these reactions are the same ones we have discussed in class.

(Note:  carbohydrates and the use of Fischer projections will be discussed in Chapter 24.)

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