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What is the empirical formula for carbohydrates?
What is the empirical formula for carbohydrates?
What is the classification name for compounds like Trioses, Tetroses, Pentoses, and Hexoses?
What is the classification name for compounds like Trioses, Tetroses, Pentoses, and Hexoses?
Which type of Polysaccharides has a uniform chemical structure?
Which type of Polysaccharides has a uniform chemical structure?
What is the most important category among the Oligosaccharides?
What is the most important category among the Oligosaccharides?
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Which functional groups are commonly found in carbohydrates?
Which functional groups are commonly found in carbohydrates?
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What is the simplest aldose?
What is the simplest aldose?
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How are monosaccharides classified based on the number of carbon atoms?
How are monosaccharides classified based on the number of carbon atoms?
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Which form of isomerism is determined by the spatial relationship to the reference sugar, glyceraldehyde?
Which form of isomerism is determined by the spatial relationship to the reference sugar, glyceraldehyde?
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Which monosaccharides naturally occur in the L form?
Which monosaccharides naturally occur in the L form?
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What produces epimers in monosaccharides?
What produces epimers in monosaccharides?
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Which functional groups are commonly found in monosaccharides?
Which functional groups are commonly found in monosaccharides?
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What is the general empirical formula for monosaccharides?
What is the general empirical formula for monosaccharides?
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Which category of carbohydrates includes compounds with Di, tri, tetra, and penta units?
Which category of carbohydrates includes compounds with Di, tri, tetra, and penta units?
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In which classification do hexoses belong?
In which classification do hexoses belong?
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What is the most abundant type of compounds found in nature?
What is the most abundant type of compounds found in nature?
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Which term is used to classify monosaccharides based on the number of carbon atoms?
Which term is used to classify monosaccharides based on the number of carbon atoms?
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What determines whether a sugar belongs to the D or L series in isomerism?
What determines whether a sugar belongs to the D or L series in isomerism?
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Which type of isomerism is determined by the spatial relationship to the reference sugar, glyceraldehyde?
Which type of isomerism is determined by the spatial relationship to the reference sugar, glyceraldehyde?
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Which term is used to describe monosaccharides that differ in orientation of –OH group around only one of the middle asymmetric carbons?
Which term is used to describe monosaccharides that differ in orientation of –OH group around only one of the middle asymmetric carbons?
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What confers optical activity on monosaccharides with asymmetric carbon atoms?
What confers optical activity on monosaccharides with asymmetric carbon atoms?
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