Carbohydrate Classification

Question 1

3 carbon sugars are called

Answer 1

Triose

Question 2

Sugars with aldehydes are called

Answer 2

Aldoses

Question 3

Sugars with ketones are called

Answer 3

Ketoses

Question 4

D-sugar has the last alcohol group on the right or left?

Answer 4

Right

Question 5

L-sugar has the last alcohol group on the right or left?

Answer 5

Left

Question 6

Which sugars are Enantiomers ?

Answer 6

All D- and L- of the same sugars

Question 7

Diastereomers

Answer 7

Nonsuperimposable configurations of molecules with similar connectivity

Differ at at least one but not all chiral carbons

Include epimers and anomers

Question 8

Epimers

Answer 8

Subtype of diastereomers that differ at exactly one chiral carbon center

Question 9

Anomers

Answer 9

Subtype of epimers that differ at the anomers can carbon

Question 10

3 common names of sugars

Answer 10

Glucose
Fructose
Galactose