Chemistry of Carbohydrates

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What is the empirical formula for many, but not all, carbohydrates?

  • (CH2O)n (correct)
  • C6H12O
  • CH2O
  • C6H12O6

What are monosaccharides classified according to?

  • Molecular weight and functional group
  • Functional group, number of carbon atoms, and chiral property (correct)
  • Number of carbon atoms and molecular shape
  • Functional group and molecular weight

What is the term for the 'handedness' of a molecule?

  • Chirality (correct)
  • Stability
  • Stereochemistry
  • Achirality

What is an atom with four different substituents called?

<p>Chiral center (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic of a carbon atom with four different groups bonded to it?

<p>Asymmetric carbon (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the two properties conferred by the presence of asymmetric carbon atoms in carbohydrates?

<p>Stereoisomerism and chirality (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the definition of stereoisomers?

<p>Isomers with same molecular and structural formulas but differ in the orientation of atoms in space (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a characteristic of enantiomers?

<p>They are nonsuperimposable mirror images of each other (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for monosaccharides differing in configuration around a single carbon atom other than the carbonyl carbon?

<p>Epimers (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the sign used to express rotation to the left in optical activity?

<p>l- (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a mixture of equal amounts of dextrorotatory and levorotatory isomers?

<p>Racemic mixture (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of a mixture of equal amounts of dextrorotatory and levorotatory isomers?

<p>It has no optical activity (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the process of separating optically active isomers from a racemic mixture called?

<p>Resolution (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the change in optical rotation of an aldohexose in water?

<p>Mutarotation (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the sweetest monosaccharide?

<p>Fructose (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main biological function of glucose?

<p>Human metabolism (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the polysaccharide composed of fructose molecules?

<p>Inulin (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the process by which glucose is derived from glycogen?

<p>Glycogenolysis (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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