Carbohydrates
Carbohydrates: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Carbohydrates, Glucose, Glycogen, Classification of Carbohydrates, Sucrose, Fructose, Monosaccharides, Structure of Sucrose, Mutarotation, Glycosidic Linkage, Structure of Lactose and, Disaccharides
Important Questions on Carbohydrates
The products obtained on hydrolysis of sucrose are:
What are the products formed when -glucose is reacted with the following species?
(i)
(ii) Bromine water
In which type of structure of glucose, the number of chiral centres are four
How many number of chiral centres are present in linear structure of glucose?
The number of chiral centres present in the linear structure of glucose are three.
The number of chiral centres present in the linear structure of glucose are four.
Comment on the formation of fructose from sucrose.
Write a short note on the formation of fructose from sucrose.
Fructose can be formed by the hydrolysis of inulin.
The above reaction is a hydrolysis reaction of inulin.
The product form from the conversion of sugar cane by invertase enzyme is mannose.
Write a short note on preparation of fructose from inulin.
How many chiral centres are present in linear structure of glucose?
Write a chemical reaction of the preparation of fructose from inulin.
Write a chemical equation for the formation of fructose from sucrose.
