Monosacharides Flashcards

1
Q

Monosaccharides can undergo 3 main reactions:

A

Oxidation reduction
Esterification
Glycoside formation

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2
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Aldoses can be oxidized to:

A

Aldonic acids

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3
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Aldoses can be reduced to:

A

Alditols

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4
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Monosaccharides

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Single carbohydrate unit, with glucose as the most commonly observed monomer

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5
Q

Reducing sugars can be detected by reacting it with what?

A

Pollen’s or Benedict’s reagents

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6
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reducing sugars

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sugars that can be oxidized = reducing agents

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7
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deoxy sugars

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sugars with a -H replacing an -OH group

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8
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Esterification

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sugars that can react with carboxylic acids and their derivatives, forming esters

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9
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Phosphorylation

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similar reaction to esterification in which a phosphate ester is formed by transferring a phosphate group from ATP onto a sugar

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10
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Glycoside formation

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the basis for building complex carbohydrates and requires the anemic carbon to link to another sugar

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