Carbohydrates glucose C6H12O6 [C.H2O]6
monosaccharide
disaccharide
trisaccharide
starch, cellulose polysaccharide
polyhydroxyaldehyde aldopentose
polyhydroxyketone ketohexose
-D-arabinose a furanose
anomers
mutarotation [] = 80.2˚
a glycoside
Disaccharides Lactose
-1,4-glycosidic linkage undergoes mutarotation
an -glycosidic linkage
Oxidations of Sugars
oxidizing agents: Ag(NH3)2+, Cu2+/OH- sugars that react with these oxidizing agents are called reducing sugars these monoacids are called aldonic acids
a nonreducing sugar
Glycolysis
Glycolysis
Glycolysis
Glycolysis
Glycolysis
Glycolysis
Reduction of the carbonyl group Alditol formation
HO-Br
an aldaric acid
IO4- oxidation
Fischer-Kiliani Synthesis
epimers