8. All of the following statements about cyclic sugars are true EXCEPT: (A) The a-anomer has the -OH of the anomeric carbon positioned on the same side of the sugar ring from the -CH2OH, (B) The five and six membered rings are more frequently observed due to stability, (C) In a chair conformation, the predominant form has the bulkiest substituents occupying equatorial positions, (D) The carbonyl carbon becomes a chiral center, (E) They can be formed by the intramolecular reactions to hemiacetals or hemiketals.