Carbohydrates Flashcards
carbohydrate is a polyhydroxy aldehyde, a polyhydroxy ketone, or a compound that yields ________ or ________ upon hydrolysis.
polyhydroxy aldehydes
polyhydroxy ketones
means “hydrate of carbon”
Carbohydrate
Carbohydrates mean
means “hydrate of carbon”
Carbohydrates contain
Carbon
Hydrogen
Oxygen
Carbohydrates comes from the____ word “________” which means sugar
Latin
Saccharum
Importance of carbohydrates
Source of energy
Storage form of energy
Precursors to many organic compounds
Participates in the structure of cell membrane and cellular functions
Used as drugs like antibiotics
Classification of Carbohydrates
MONOSACCHARIDES
OLIGOSACCHARIDES
POLYSACCHARIDES
are the simplest sugars
cannot be hydrolyzed further into smaller units
contains a single carbon chain
MONOSACCHARIDES
MONOSACCHARIDES have __ to __ carbon atoms
3 to 9
Monosaccharides that don’t end in -ose
2 trioses = glyceraldehyde & dihydroxyacetone
CLASSIFICATION of MONOSACCHARIDES
• On the basis of number of carbons they posses
• ALDOSE or KETOSE depending upon their functional group
A 6-carbon monosaccharide and has an aldehyde functional group is called
ALDOHEXOSE
A 5-carbon monosaccharide with a ketone functional group is called =
KETOPENTOSE
Carbonyl group
C=O
ALL terminal groups of glucose (molecular formula), always ends with an_______ (e.g. СН2ОН)
alcohol
second-to-the-last carbon) = called the
penultimate carbon
Monosaccharides are classified on the number of C atoms.
Trioses
Pentoses
Hexoses
T or P or H
Glyceraldehyde
Trioses (C3H6O3)
M or P or S
Ribose
Pentose (C5H10O5)
M or P or S
Deoxyribose
Pentose (C5H10O4)
Pentoses C;H1o05
Examples
ribose, deoxyribose, ribulose
Trioses example
Glyseraldehyde
NADP
Nicotinamide
Adenine
Dinucleotide
Phosphate
FAD
Flavin
Adenine
Dinucleotide
HEXOSES
Examples
Glucose
Fructose
Galactose (CH12O6)
• Needed to synthesize:
Disaccharides
Polysaccharides
Hexose
CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONAL GROUP IN MONOSACCHARIDES
Aldehyde
Keto
Aldehyde or Keto
Glucose
Aldehyde
Aldehyde or Keto
Fructose
Keto
STRUCTURE OF MONOSACCHARIDES
Fischer projection
Haworth projection
X-ray diffraction analysis
The straight chain structural formula
Fischer projection
Cyclic formula or ring structure
Haworth projection