carbohydrates Flashcards
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saccharide or sugar
carbohydrates
General formula of carbohydrates
Cn(H20)n
CHO
aldehyde
CH2OH
ketone
In Filipino people they call it
aldose and ketose
2 monosaccharides form together is called?
disaccharides
2 to 10 monosaccharides
Oligosaccharides
more than 10 monosaccharides
Polysaccharides
1 glucose + 1 glucose is?
maltose
glucose + fructose is?
sucrose
glucose + galactose is?
lactose
its gonna break down the components
hydrolysis
light is going to the left
levorotatory light
light is going to the right
dextrorotatory light
All points do not coincide together
nonsuperimposable
all points that coincide together
superimposable
these 2 are both mirror images
superimposable and nonsuperimposable
something that contains 4 different groups
chiral
is chiral superimposable or nonsuperimposable?
nonsuperiposable
an atom in a molecule that has 4 different groups
chiral center
molecule whose mirror images are not superimposable
chiral molecule
molecules whose mirror images is superimposable
achiral molecule
does not contain 4 different groups
achiral
If u see oxygen its automatically?
achiral