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Which functional groups are commonly found in carbohydrates?
Which functional groups are commonly found in carbohydrates?
- Amine and carboxyl groups
- Aldehyde and keto groups (correct)
- Alkene and alkane groups
- Amide and ester groups
What is the empirical formula of carbohydrates?
What is the empirical formula of carbohydrates?
- C2H4O2
- CH2O (correct)
- C3H6O3
- C6H12O6
Which category of carbohydrates includes the most abundant compounds found in nature?
Which category of carbohydrates includes the most abundant compounds found in nature?
- Oligosaccharides
- Disaccharides
- Monosaccharides
- Polysaccharides (correct)
How many carbon atoms are present in a hexose?
How many carbon atoms are present in a hexose?
Which of the following is true about D-glyceraldehyde?
Which of the following is true about D-glyceraldehyde?
How are monosaccharides classified based on the number of carbon atoms?
How are monosaccharides classified based on the number of carbon atoms?
What determines whether a sugar belongs to the D or L series?
What determines whether a sugar belongs to the D or L series?
Which form of fructose is naturally occurring?
Which form of fructose is naturally occurring?
What confers optical activity on a compound?
What confers optical activity on a compound?
Which type of isomers are mannose and galactose to glucose?
Which type of isomers are mannose and galactose to glucose?
What is the most common configuration for monosaccharides occurring in mammals?
What is the most common configuration for monosaccharides occurring in mammals?
What determines if a sugar is a D isomer or an L isomer?
What determines if a sugar is a D isomer or an L isomer?
What are sugars naturally occurring in the L form?
What are sugars naturally occurring in the L form?
Which sugar naturally occurs in the D(+) isomer form?
Which sugar naturally occurs in the D(+) isomer form?
Which sugar solution may be designated as dextrose?
Which sugar solution may be designated as dextrose?
What is the empirical formula for carbohydrates?
What is the empirical formula for carbohydrates?
Which functional groups are commonly found in carbohydrates?
Which functional groups are commonly found in carbohydrates?
What determines if a sugar belongs to the D or L series?
What determines if a sugar belongs to the D or L series?
How are monosaccharides classified based on the number of carbon atoms?
How are monosaccharides classified based on the number of carbon atoms?
Which type of carbons are related to D&L forms and produce epimers when the orientation of –OH group around them changes?
Which type of carbons are related to D&L forms and produce epimers when the orientation of –OH group around them changes?
What is the simplest of the aldoses (aldotriose)?
What is the simplest of the aldoses (aldotriose)?
What is the variable prefix followed by the suffix (-ose) for sugars with 5 carbon atoms?
What is the variable prefix followed by the suffix (-ose) for sugars with 5 carbon atoms?
Which form of fructose is naturally occurring?
Which form of fructose is naturally occurring?
Which sugar naturally occurs in the L form?
Which sugar naturally occurs in the L form?
What determines whether a sugar belongs to the D or L series?
What determines whether a sugar belongs to the D or L series?
What confers optical activity on a compound?
What confers optical activity on a compound?
Which category of carbohydrates includes the most abundant compounds found in nature?
Which category of carbohydrates includes the most abundant compounds found in nature?
What determines if a sugar is a D isomer or an L isomer?
What determines if a sugar is a D isomer or an L isomer?
What is the variable prefix followed by the suffix (-ose) for sugars with 3 carbon atoms?
What is the variable prefix followed by the suffix (-ose) for sugars with 3 carbon atoms?
What is used to determine the spatial relationship of a sugar isomer to the parent compound glycerose?
What is used to determine the spatial relationship of a sugar isomer to the parent compound glycerose?
What are monosaccharides classified by, based on the nature of functional group?
What are monosaccharides classified by, based on the nature of functional group?
