Write the molecular formula of glucose

Write the molecular formula of glucose? How can its structural formula be explained?

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The molecular formula of glucose is C6H12O6.

Structurally glucose is a hexagonal ring made by 1 atom of oxygen and 5 atoms of carbon; a hydroxyl radical and a hydrogen atom join in each carbon of the ring, apart from for one of the carbons bound to the oxygen of the ring; this carbon joins to a CH2OH radical. Spatial sides of hydroxyl bonds are exchanged.

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