What is the difference between an aldose and a ketose?
2016年1月23日 · An aldose contains an aldehyde group; a ketose contains a ketone group, The ending -ose tells you that both aldoses and ketoses are carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are just …
How do you number carbons in ketoses? - Socratic
2018年1月25日 · More or less the same as Aldoses.. The biochemical class of compounds known as Sugars can roughly be divided in two categories: Aldoses and Ketoses. They typically …
What is the relationship between D-glucose and D-fructose?
2015年11月9日 · I am not sure what you are asking, but D-glucose and D-fructose are constitutional isomers. > The structures of D-fructose and D-glucose are They each have the …
What are the 7 ketones with formula C6H12O? - Socratic
2015年11月18日 · Making use of symmetry, and the fact that it must be a ketone, the carbonyl group can only move between carbons 2 and 3. That makes for the first two isomers. Two …
Why are all monosaccharides reducing sugars but not all
2018年3月6日 · See Below To be a reducing sugar, you have to have either an aldehyde or a ketone functional group. I'm only going to talk about Aldehydes, but it is the same for Ketones. …
Why are aldehydes easily oxidized compared to ketones?
2016年9月27日 · Both steric and electronic factors combine to make the oxidation facile. The ipso carbon of an aldehyde is sterically unencumbered; it is essentially a primary centre. …
What are anomers? - Socratic
2014年4月17日 · Anomers are stereoisomers of cyclic sugars that differ in configuration only at the hemiacetal or hemiketal carbon. Glucose is both an aldehyde at C-1 and an alcohol at C-5. …
How do you calculate how many stereoisomers a …
2015年11月25日 · Since for every atom that can exist in more than one configuration, you have R or S (#sp^3#), or E or Z (#sp^2#), you have two configurations for each of those atoms.
How many optical isomers does glucose have? | Socratic
2016年12月24日 · There are 16 optical isomers of glucose. > The structure of glucose is We see that carbon atoms 2, 3, 4, and 5 are chiral centres. The maximum number of optical isomers is …
What is the major difference between a cyclic hemiacetal …
2015年11月18日 · It is apparent that ketal and ketone share the same first three letters. That makes it easier to remember that: acetals form from aldehydes ketals form from ketones That …