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Which of the following is true about carbohydrates?
What is the purpose of starch in grains?
Which of the following is an example of a monosaccharide?
What is the process of converting monosaccharides to alditols called?
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Which of the following is a property of disaccharides?
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Which polysaccharide is a major component of wood?
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What is the main source of sucrose?
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Which class of compounds in carbohydrates is characterized by their sweetness?
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Which type of carbohydrate is not sweet but is a condensation product of monosaccharides?
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Which type of carbohydrate is characterized by having a chemical formula of (CH2O)n?
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Which class of compounds in carbohydrates contains an aldehyde or a ketone functional group?
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What is the term for carbon atoms in carbohydrates with four different substituents attached to them?
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How many stereoisomers are possible for a carbohydrate with n asymmetric carbons?
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What is the term for molecules with a single chiral centre that are chiral?
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Which of the following statements is true about the Fischer projection of glyceraldehyde?
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Which of the following is true about the D-L classification of monosaccharides?
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Which of the following is true about the enantiomers of erythrose and threose?
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How many stereoisomers are possible for aldopentose?
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Which of the following is true about glucose and mannose?
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Which of the following is true about glucose and galactose?
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Which of the following is true about mannose and galactose?
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Which of the following is true about the D-L classification of ketoses?
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What is the result of the reaction between an aldehyde and an alcohol?
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What is the name of the cyclic structure formed by the reaction between the aldehyde on carbon 1 and the hydroxyl group on carbon 5 in glucose?
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What is the name of the two anomers formed by the cyclic hemiacetal formation in glucose?
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What is the predominant form of glucose in a neutral aqueous solution?
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What is the best way to represent the cyclic structure of a monosaccharide?
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Which conformation determines the D-L series of a sugar in the Haworth projection?
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What are cyclic sugars formed by the C1-C5 hemiacetal called?
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In the case of D-fructose, what is the result of the reaction between the C5 hydroxyl group and the ketone carbonyl in position C2?
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Study Notes
Carbohydrate Overview
- Carbohydrates are characterized by their sweetness and contain an aldehyde or a ketone functional group.
Monosaccharides
- Monosaccharides are simple sugars and are the building blocks of carbohydrates.
- Examples of monosaccharides include glucose, fructose, and galactose.
- The process of converting monosaccharides to alditols is called reduction.
Disaccharides
- Disaccharides are formed by the condensation of two monosaccharides.
- A property of disaccharides is that they are sweet.
Polysaccharides
- Polysaccharides are formed by the condensation of multiple monosaccharides.
- An example of a polysaccharide is cellulose, which is a major component of wood.
- The chemical formula of polysaccharides is (CH2O)n.
Starch
- Starch is a polysaccharide found in grains and serves as a storage form of energy.
Sucrose
- Sucrose is a disaccharide composed of glucose and fructose.
- The main source of sucrose is sugarcane or sugar beets.
Stereochemistry
- Carbon atoms with four different substituents attached to them are called asymmetric carbons.
- Molecules with a single chiral center that are chiral are called optically active.
- The number of stereoisomers possible for a carbohydrate with n asymmetric carbons is 2^n.
- The Fischer projection is a method of representing the stereochemistry of a molecule.
- The D-L classification of monosaccharides is based on the stereochemistry of the molecule.
Glucose and Related Sugars
- Glucose, mannose, and galactose are all aldohexoses.
- Glucose and mannose are epimers, meaning they differ in configuration at only one asymmetric carbon.
- Glucose and galactose are epimers, meaning they differ in configuration at only one asymmetric carbon.
- Mannose and galactose are epimers, meaning they differ in configuration at only one asymmetric carbon.
Cyclic Structures
- The reaction between an aldehyde and an alcohol forms a hemiacetal.
- The cyclic structure formed by the reaction between the aldehyde on carbon 1 and the hydroxyl group on carbon 5 in glucose is called a pyranose.
- The two anomers formed by the cyclic hemiacetal formation in glucose are called α-glucose and β-glucose.
- The predominant form of glucose in a neutral aqueous solution is the β-anomer.
- The Haworth projection is a method of representing the cyclic structure of a monosaccharide.
- Cyclic sugars formed by the C1-C5 hemiacetal are called pyranoses.
- In the case of D-fructose, the reaction between the C5 hydroxyl group and the ketone carbonyl in position C2 forms a furanose.
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