When you say, "myo-inositol will adopt the confromation that places five of the hydroxyls in the equatorial position", does that mean that the most stable isomer will have 5 axial and 1 equatorial hydrogens? Or should it be that the more stable stereoisomer has 6 hydroxyls that are all...
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I've been trying to figure out what the most stable structure of inositol is, but I keep running into conflicting information. I'm not sure whether the most stable conformation is the myo-inositol form or the scyllo-inositol. All of the stereoisomers can be seen on wikipedia at this link...