Isomerism, Epimerism, and Anomerism in Carbohydrates

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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?

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?

Reduction

Mutarotation

Enolization (correct)

Oxidation

Which of the following is not a common type of disaccharide?

Isomaltose Signup and view all the answers

What is the structural difference between maltose and isomaltose?

Maltose has an α-1,4 glycosidic bond, while isomaltose has an α-1,6 glycosidic bond. Signup and view all the answers

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?

Anomerism Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is not a consequence of anomerism in monosaccharides?

Differences in melting point Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the process where the α and β anomeric forms of a monosaccharide interconvert?

Mutarotation Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is not a characteristic of epimers?

Have different physical properties Signup and view all the answers

How do the α and β anomeric forms of a monosaccharide differ in their structure?

The hydroxyl group on the anomeric carbon is in the opposite orientation. Signup and view all the answers

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What is the process called when the aldehyde group of a monosaccharide is oxidized to a carboxylic acid group?

Which of the following is not a common derivative of monosaccharides?

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?

Which of the following is not a common type of disaccharide?

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?

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?

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?

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