Monosaccharides Flashcards
FISCHER PROJECTION FORMULA
was first used by the German Chemist _________________
Hermann Emil Fischer
is a two dimensional structural notation for showing the spatial arrangement of groups about chiral centers in molecules.
FISCHER PROJECTION FORMULA
a monosaccharide that, when written as a Fischer projection, has the -OH on its penultimate carbon on the right (OH to the right)
D-monosaccharide
a monosaccharide that, when written as a Fischer projection, has the -OH on its penultimate carbon on the left (OH to the left)
L-monosaccharide
the carbon atom that bears the second highest number, which is known as the ___________
penultimate carbon
Isomers that differ only in the spatial orientation of their component atoms are called ______________.
stereoisomers
Enantiomers came from the Greek word _________ meaning opposite.
enantion
________________ are a pair of molecules that exist in two forms that are mirror images of one another but cannot be superimposed one upon the other.
Enantiomers
D
dextro-rotary
L
levo-rotary
This discovery of French physicist ___________ disclosed that the right- and left-handed enantiomers of a chiral compound perturb plane-polarized light in opposite ways.
Jean-Baptiste Biot
This perturbation (disturbance of motion or course) is unique to chiral molecules, and has been termed _______________.
optical activity
The plane of polarization can be determined by an instrument called a _____________
polarimeter
Latin ________ meaning right
dexter
Latin _______ meaning left
laevus
