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What is a carbohydrate?

  • A compound with a plane of symmetry
  • A compound made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen in a 1:2:1 ratio
  • A compound with chiral carbon atoms
  • A polyhydroxy aldehyde or ketone, or a compound yielding them upon hydrolysis (correct)
  • What makes a carbon chiral?

  • When it is bonded to fewer than four different substituents
  • When it has a double bond with oxygen
  • When it has a plane of symmetry
  • When it is bonded to four different substituents (correct)
  • What is a carbonyl group?

  • A carbon bonded to a hydroxyl group
  • A carbon triple-bonded to an oxygen (O≡C)
  • A carbon single-bonded to an oxygen (O-C)
  • A carbon double-bonded to an oxygen (O=C) (correct)
  • What is a hydroxyl group?

    <p>Consists of an oxygen and hydrogen</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the expected outcome related to proteins in the course?

    <p>Identify the different functions of proteins</p> Signup and view all the answers

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