When making the ring structure of Glucose, why does the -OH group on the 5th C atom hit the Aldehyde group? Why can't the -OH group of 6th C do this?

In Glucose, for example, both 5th and 6th Carbon atoms have -OH groups. But always, only the -OH group on (either 4th or) 5th Carbon atom attacks the Aldehyde group (1st C atom) to generate the...

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