MCBM 1- Carbohydrates Questions with Complete Solutions

How are monosaccharides classified? What are the 3 sugars of interest? What kind of monosaccharides are they? Correct Answer-They are classified by their number of C atoms. *Glucose, Fructose, and Galactose* are the most important monosaccharides. They are hexoses What is an epimer? Describe the epimer relationship between galactose, glucose, and mannose. Correct Answer-2 molecules with a different configuration around a single asymmetric carbon atom. Galactose and mannose are not epimers. They differ at 2 sites. What are anomers? What are the two forms and their structures? What was the anomeric carbon previously? Correct Answer-Cyclic isomers with an alpha and beta form. The alpha form has an OH group below the plane of the ring, the beta form has on OH above the plane of the ring.