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Chapter 13: Q. 13.35 (page 450)

Identify each of the following as the αor βisomer :

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(a) It is αisomer.

(b) It isαisomer.

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Part (a) Step 1 : Given Information

We have to Identify the given compound asαorβisomer.

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Part (a) Step 2 : Simplification

The configuration of a carbohydrate in which the hydroxyl group is cis to the exocyclic oxygen at the anomeric core is known as an alpha anomer. So given compound isαisomer.

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Part (b) Step 1 : Given Information

We have to Identify the given compound as αorβ isomer.

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Part (b) Step 2 : Simplification

The configuration of a carbohydrate in which the hydroxyl group is cis to the exocyclic oxygen at the anomeric core is known as an alpha anomer. So, given compound isαisomer.

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Identify the disaccharide that fits each of the following descriptions:

a. ordinary table sugar

b. found in milk and milk products

c. also called malt sugar

d. hydrolysis gives galactose and glucose

Isomaltose, obtained from the breakdown of starch, has the following Haworth structure;

a. Is isomaltose a mono-d- or polysaccharide?

b. What are the monosaccharides in isomaltose?

c. What is the glycosidic link in isomaltose?

d. Is this theα or β isomer of isomaltose?

e. Is isomaltose a reducing sugar?

Draw the Fischer projections for D-glucose and L-glucose.

What is the difference between an aldose and a ketose?

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