LEC Carbs (hindi q n 2 tinuloy) Flashcards

1
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Compounds that contain a single carbonyl group and two or more hydroxyl groups

A

Monosaccharides

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2
Q

T/F: monosaccharides can still be hydrolyzed into simplex carbohydrates

A

F

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3
Q

General empirical formula of monosaccharides

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Cn(H2O)n

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4
Q

Sugars linked by glycosidic bonds

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Oligosaccharides

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5
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Formed when many monosaccharides are bonded together

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Polysaccharides

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6
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Play a key role in processes that take place on the surface of cells, such as cell-cell interactions and immune recognition

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Oligosaccharides

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7
Q

Essential structural components of several classes of organisms

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Polysaccharides

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8
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Building blocks of all carbohydrates

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Monosaccharides

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9
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Monosaccharide containing an aldehyde group as part of its structure

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Aldose

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10
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Monosaccharide containing a ketone group as part of its structure

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Ketose

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11
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Simples monosaccharide that contains three carbon atoms

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Triose

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12
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Give some examples of triose

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Glyceraldehyde and dihydroxyacetone

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13
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A triose that does not contain a chiral carbon atom

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Dihydroxyacetone

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14
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A triose that does not exist in nonsuperimposable mirror-image forms

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Dihydroxyacetone

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15
Q

The simples carbohydrate that contains a chiral carbon

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Glyceraldehyde

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16
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A triose that exists in two isomeric forms that are mirror images of each other

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Glyceraldehyde

17
Q

Molecules that differ from each other only in their configuration

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Stereoisomers (optical isomers)

18
Q

Three-dimensional arrangement of groups around a chiral carbon atom

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Configuration

19
Q

Mirror-image, nonsuperimposable stereoisomers

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Enantiomers

20
Q

T/F: possibility of stereoisomers increases as the number of carbon atoms increases

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T

21
Q

Two-dimensional representations of the stereochemistry of three-dimensional molecules

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Fischer projections

22
Q

Bonds written horizontally in the Fischer projection represent bonds directed in _____ (front or back) of the paper in three dimensions

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Front

23
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Bonds written vertically in the Fischer projection represent bonds directed in _____ (front or back) of the paper in three dimensions

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Back (behind)

24
Q

In the Fischer projection, most highly oxidized carbon is written at the _____ (top or bottom) and is designated ____

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top, C-1

25
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Contain two chiral carbons, C-2 and C-3, and four possible stereoisomers

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Aldotetrose

26
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Nonsuperimposable, non-mirror image stereoisomers

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Diastereomers

27
Q

Diastereomers that differ from each other in the configuration at only one chiral carbon

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Epimers

28
Q

Compound that is formed by the reaction of an aldehyde with an alcohol

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Hemiacetal

29
Q

Compound that is formed by the reaction of a ketone with an alcohol

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Hemiketal

30
Q

The carbonyl carbon becomes a chiral center called _____

A

Anomeric carbon

31
Q

A possible stereoisomer formed when a sugar assume the cyclic form

A

Anomer

32
Q

Cyclic sugar with five-membered ring

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Furanose

33
Q

Cyclic form of a sugar containing a six-membered ring

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Pyranose

34
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Cyclic structures are shown in perspective drawings as planar five- or six-membered rings viewed nearly edge

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Haworth projection formula

35
Q

The b- designation in Haworth projection means that -OH on the anomeric carbon is ____ to the terminal -CH2OH

A

CIs

36
Q

The a- designation in Haworth projection means that -OH on the anomeric carbon is ____ to the terminal -CH2OH

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Trans

37
Q

Reducing sugars that contain a free carbonyl group and can react with an oxidizing agent

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Aldose

38
Q

Can also be reducing sugars because they isomerize the aldose

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Ketose

39
Q

Oxidation of cyclic hemiacetal form gives a _____, which is a cyclic ester linking the carboxyl group and one of the sugar alcohols

A

Lactone