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What is the process called when the aldehyde group of a monosaccharide is oxidized to a carboxylic acid group?
What is the process called when the aldehyde group of a monosaccharide is oxidized to a carboxylic acid group?
- Sugar alcohol formation
- Sugar acid formation (correct)
- Enolization
- Osazone formation
Which of the following is not a common derivative of monosaccharides?
Which of the following is not a common derivative of monosaccharides?
- Glycosidic bond (correct)
- Amino sugar
- Phosphoric acid ester
- Deoxy sugar
What is the name of the process where the ketone group on carbon 2 of a monosaccharide rearranges with the hydroxyl group on carbon 1 in a basic Benedict's solution?
What is the name of the process where the ketone group on carbon 2 of a monosaccharide rearranges with the hydroxyl group on carbon 1 in a basic Benedict's solution?
- Reduction
- Mutarotation
- Enolization (correct)
- Oxidation
Which of the following is not a common type of disaccharide?
Which of the following is not a common type of disaccharide?
What is the structural difference between maltose and isomaltose?
What is the structural difference between maltose and isomaltose?
What is the process called when a monosaccharide can exist in multiple anomeric forms with different spatial arrangements of the hydroxyl group on the anomeric carbon?
What is the process called when a monosaccharide can exist in multiple anomeric forms with different spatial arrangements of the hydroxyl group on the anomeric carbon?
Which of the following is not a consequence of anomerism in monosaccharides?
Which of the following is not a consequence of anomerism in monosaccharides?
What is the name of the process where the α and β anomeric forms of a monosaccharide interconvert?
What is the name of the process where the α and β anomeric forms of a monosaccharide interconvert?
Which of the following is not a characteristic of epimers?
Which of the following is not a characteristic of epimers?
How do the α and β anomeric forms of a monosaccharide differ in their structure?
How do the α and β anomeric forms of a monosaccharide differ in their structure?
