7.A Carbohydrates
7.A.1 Description
7.A.1.a nomenclature, classification, common names
“I’m on a low carb diet… don’t really like carbs,” Miley started.
“Well, in that case, it’s going to be important to know what carbs are, right?” Jeremy replied, “let’s go through what they are.”
Carbohydrates (aka sugars/saccharides) are made of carbon and water. Carbs have the empirical formula C(H2O). 5 (pentose) and 6 carbon (hexose) carbohydrates are the most common in nature.
7.A.1.b absolute configurations
7.A.1.c cyclic structure and conformations of hexoses
7.A.1.d epimers and anomers
7.A.2 Hydrolysis of the glycoside linkage
7.A.3 Reactions of monosaccharides
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