Predicting circular-dichroism spectra of pyranoid monosaccharides

Fragment spectra are presented that may be summed algebraically to predict the vacuum-ultraviolet, circular-dichroism spectra of certain pyranoid monosaccharides. It is shown that a limited number of these fragment spectra can be used to calculate a larger number of circular-dichroism spectra that had been measured previously. Furthermore, the circular-dichroism spectra of a number of other monosaccharides, whose spectra have not yet been measured, can be predicted.