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17 - CARBOHYDRATES

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Total cards: 19•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
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functions of carbohydrates/where can you find them

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most abundant organic compounds in the plant world storehouses of chemical energy components of supportive structures they are everywhere in nature also components of nucleic acids (DNA and RNA)

#2
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formula for sugars

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#3
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dehydration of sucrose with sulfuric acid

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#4
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formula of monosaccharides and some examples

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(CH2O)n where n=3 glyceraldehyde (an aldose) dihydroxyacetone (a ketose), an active ingredient in self tanning product

#5
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how do you figure out D or L nomenclature of sugars

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look at the orientation of the OH group the furthest away from the aldehyde D or L does not tell us about the rotation

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#6
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dextrorotatory and levorotatory in a polarimeter

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only applies to glyceraldehydes + = dextrorotatory L = levorotatory

#7
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reminder on R or S notation

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counterclockwise=S clockwise=R

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#8
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how can you distinguish between D(-) erythrose and D(-) threose using NaBH4 and a polarimeter?

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those are the two tetroses

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#9
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what are the four D-pentoses and how you can remember them?

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#10
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structures of L-lyxose and D-ribose and their relationship

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#11
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what are the 8 D-aldohexoses?

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method: allose has all 4 hydroxyls on the right at C2: hydroxyls alternate right left at C3: the first two are right, next to left, and so on C4: first four on the right, rest on the left C5: all hydroxys are on the right

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#12
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what are the C3-C6 ketoses

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#13
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how does glucose form a cyclic hemiacetal

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#14
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what is the evidence for the cyclic pyranose form of glucose

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#15
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what are anomers

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#16
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what are the two possible hemiacetal structures of glucose

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roughly a 2:1 ratio of beta to alpha

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#17
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how are the anomers of glucose separated

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#18
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what is mutarotation

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#19
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cyclic acetals reactions

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