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State one similarity and one difference between an aldopentose and a ketopentose.

Important Questions on Biochemistry

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Oxford IB Diploma Programme Chemistry Course Companion>Chapter 23 - Biochemistry>Questions>Q 3
Identify the type of the monosaccharide glucose using the terms “aldose”/“ketose” and “pentose”/“hexose”.
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Oxford IB Diploma Programme Chemistry Course Companion>Chapter 23 - Biochemistry>Questions>Q 4
Explain, in terms of functional group names and types of intermolecular bonds, why all monosaccharides and disaccharides are soluble in water.
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Oxford IB Diploma Programme Chemistry Course Companion>Chapter 23 - Biochemistry>Questions>Q 5
Fructose is an isomer of glucose, but they differ with regard to one functional group and hence in their redox properties. Identify the functional group present in glucose, but not fructose.
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Oxford IB Diploma Programme Chemistry Course Companion>Chapter 23 - Biochemistry>Questions>Q 5
Fructose is an isomer of glucose, but they differ with regard to one functional group and hence in their redox properties.Identify the functional group present in fructose, but not glucose.
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Oxford IB Diploma Programme Chemistry Course Companion>Chapter 23 - Biochemistry>Questions>Q 5
Fructose is an isomer of glucose, but they differ with regard to one functional group and hence in their redox properties. Identify the sugar that acts as a reducing agent.
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Oxford IB Diploma Programme Chemistry Course Companion>Chapter 23 - Biochemistry>Questions>Q 6
Reducing carbohydrates such as glucose exist in solutions predominantly in their cyclic forms, which do not readily undergo oxidation. Draw the form of glucose that can be oxidized by copper(II) ions.
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Oxford IB Diploma Programme Chemistry Course Companion>Chapter 23 - Biochemistry>Questions>Q 6
Reducing carbohydrates such as glucose exist in solutions predominantly in their cyclic forms, which do not readily undergo oxidation. State the name of the functional group that undergoes oxidation in glucose.
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Oxford IB Diploma Programme Chemistry Course Companion>Chapter 23 - Biochemistry>Questions>Q 6
Reducing carbohydrates such as glucose exist in solutions predominantly in their cyclic forms, which do not readily undergo oxidation. Outline the two-step process that leads to the oxidation of the cyclic form of glucose.