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This open chain structure is challenged in the views put forward by T. M. Lowry and E. F. Armstrong.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

Generally rupture occurs at more than one point; and rarely are the six carbon atoms of the complex regained as an open chain.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various

If of the ordinary carbohydrate type, formulated with an open chain, there is little to surmise beyond the change of position of a CO- group.

From Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 by Cross, C. F.