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Carbohydrates Flashcards

(11 cards)

1
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What are the main classes of carbohydrates

A

Monosaccharides, Ogliosacharides and Polysaccharides.

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What are the two classes of monosaccharides

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Aldose and Ketose - in reference to the placement of the double bonded O group. Most in nature are aldose sugars.

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What is the difference between L and D molecules

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The placement of the hydroxyl group on the chiral carbon furtherest away from the carbonyl at the top of the molecule.
L means that it is ‘on the left’ or not on the same side as the O
D means it is on the right or on the same side as the O

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How are diffent monosaccharides with the same chain length differentiated

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By using their stereoisomerism between the interim carbons
I.e if it was a pentose sugar, the stereoisomerism on carbons 2-4
(Positioning of H and OH molecules)

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What is an epimer

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Monosaccharides that differ on in the configuration around one carbon atom
Eg D-mannose and D-glucose, only differ in their placement of the OH on carbon 2

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How is the cyclical structure of a carb formed eg glucose or ribose

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The carbonyl group (CHO) reacts with a hydroxyl group further down the chain eg carbon 4 or 5.
Pentose and Hexoses are usually cyclic in aqueous solution.

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What is formed by the reaction of the carbonyl group and the hydroxyl group.
And how does this different between it being a ketone or an aldehyde

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An aldehyde and an alcohol make a hemiacetal - RCOHORH
A ketone and an alcohol make a hemiketal, same structure

They both also form a new chiral centre

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What is an anomer and how is it formed

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As the sugar is initially planar, the hydroxyl group can react with the carbonyl group from above or below forming two different structures of the final ring product

Anomers are Alpha ( Hydroxyl group on the bottom)
Or beta ( Hydroxyl group on the top)

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What are pentose and hexose anomers called

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Pentose - furanose
Hexose - pyranose

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How are cyclic monosaccharides represented by the Haworth perpective

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Bonds on the side of the O (right side) in a planar sugar will face on the underside of the ring.

Therefore, D enantiomers with have C6 above the ring where are L enantiomers will have C6 inside the ring

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What is mutarotation

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The ability of the hydroxyl group to spontaneously flip positons on C1
It is important for some pathogens to enable them to pass through the cytoplasm of a cell and enter the central metabolism

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