Exam II Flashcards
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Monosaccharides:
Simple reducing sugars
Disaccharides:
2 subunits (monosacchs) linked by glycosidic bonds. Monomers can be same/different sugars.
Oligosaccharide subunits:
3-10
Polysaccharide subunits:
> 10-100s, often indigestible
Sugars contain either a/an ____ group or they contain a/an ____ group.
Aldehyde (carbonyl C on end)
Ketone (carbonyl C internal)
Sugars are named by number of ____.
Carbons
Disaccharides are created via monomer ____ synthesis.
Dehydration
Glucose + Fructose=
Sucrose (most common)
Glucose + Galactose =
Lactose
Glucose + Glucose =
Maltose
D sugar is identified by:
OH on bottom, chiral center points R
L sugar is identified by:
OH on bottom, chiral center points L
3 most common generic sugar names:
Glyceraldehyde (triose)
Ribose (pentose)
Glucose (hexose)
Generic sugar names for 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 Cs:
3-glyceraldehye 4-erythrose 5-ribose 6-glucose 7-sedoheptulose 9-neuraminic acid
Isomers:
Same chemical formula but structurally different
Structural isomer examples:
Fructose, glucose, mannose, galactose
Epimers:
Carbohydrate isomers that differ in configuration around 1 specific C
Stereoisomer examples:
C4, C2
Glucose and galactose- C4
Glucose and mannose- C2
Enantiomers:
Mirror images (chiral)
L and D sugars are considered:
Enantiomers
For many enantiomer structures, ____ biologically active.
1 of 2
Anomeric carbon:
Stereocenter formed with formation of 2 new diasteriomers
Alpha-anomeric carbon points ____.
Down
Beta-anomeric carbon points ____.
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