chapter 7 pt 1 sydney Flashcards
what is energy?
fuel for most organisms
-colorless, crystalline solids that are freely soluble in water due to many OH groups but insoluble in nonpolar solvents
-multiple asymmetric (chiral) carbons
-2^n stereoisomers
-general formula (CH2O)n
Monosaccharides
monosaccharides with two or more hydroxyl groups
aldehydes or ketones
two families of monosaccharides
aldoses & ketoses (usually at C2)
backbones of common monosaccharides
unbranched carbon chains where all the carbon atoms are linked by single bonds
describe open chain form of monosaccharides
one of the carbon atoms is double-bonded to an oxygen atom to form a carbonyl group; other carbon atoms have a hydroxyl group
when the carbonyl group is at an end of the carbon chain
the monosaccharide is an aldose
when the carbonyl group is at any other position (not the end)
the monosaccharide is a ketose
what are the simplest monosaccharides?
2 three-carbon trioses:
glyceraldehyde, an aldotriose, & dihydroxyacetone, a ketotriose
biological length of monosaccharides
3 to 9 carbons (5 & 6 most common) and unbranched
what does n equal in 2^n stereoisomers?
n = # of chiral carbons
monosaccharides with 4, 5, 6, & 7 carbon atoms in backbones are called
tetroses, pentoses, hexoses, and heptoses
hexoses of monosaccharides
aldohexose D-glucose, ketohexose D-fructose
components of nucleotides and nucleic acids
aldopentoses of D-ribose, 2 deoxy-D-ribose
what type of centers do monosaccharides have?
-asymmetric centers
-they contain one or more asymmetric (chiral) carbon atoms and occur in optically active isomeric forms
simplest aldose that contains one chiral center (middle carbon atom) and two different optical isomers
glyceraldehyde
two different optical isomers; mirror images of each other
enantiomers
when the hydroxyl group on the reference carbon is on the right (with the carbonyl carbon at the top) then the sugar is a ?
-D isomer
-Most organisms have D isomers
L-glyceraldehyde
D-glyceraldehyde
monosaccharide that has achiral carbon
dihydroxyacetone
differ in 1 or more chiral centers
diastereomers