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What is the empirical formula for carbohydrates composed of C, H, and O?
What is the empirical formula for carbohydrates composed of C, H, and O?
Which functional groups can carbohydrates contain?
Which functional groups can carbohydrates contain?
What is the simplest aldose sugar?
What is the simplest aldose sugar?
How are monosaccharides classified according to the number of carbon atoms?
How are monosaccharides classified according to the number of carbon atoms?
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What is the general term for compounds that have a large number of hydroxyl groups?
What is the general term for compounds that have a large number of hydroxyl groups?
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Which type of carbohydrates are classified as either homopolysaccharides or heteropolysaccharides?
Which type of carbohydrates are classified as either homopolysaccharides or heteropolysaccharides?
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Which type of isomerism determines whether a sugar belongs to the D or L series?
Which type of isomerism determines whether a sugar belongs to the D or L series?
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Which monosaccharide naturally occurs in the L form?
Which monosaccharide naturally occurs in the L form?
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What confers optical activity on a compound?
What confers optical activity on a compound?
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What causes isomers differing in configuration at carbons 2, 3, or 4 of glucose?
What causes isomers differing in configuration at carbons 2, 3, or 4 of glucose?
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Which type of isomerism produces isomers differing by the orientation of –OH groups around only one of the middle asymmetric carbons?
Which type of isomerism produces isomers differing by the orientation of –OH groups around only one of the middle asymmetric carbons?
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Which sugar naturally occurs in the D(–) isomeric form?
Which sugar naturally occurs in the D(–) isomeric form?
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What determines whether a sugar belongs to the D or L series?
What determines whether a sugar belongs to the D or L series?
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