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CARBOHYDRATES PROBLEMS
1. Label the chiral centers as ‘R’ or ‘S’ in each of the following molecules. Do not guess as
wrong answers will be subtracted from the correct answers.
CH3
HO
NH2
OHC
CHO
NH2
OH
CH3
OH
H3C
NH2
2. Draw the following structures
a) D-arabinose (Fischer)
b) L-talose (Fischer)
NH2
CHO
HO
CHO
CH3
c) the C-4 epimer of D-glucose
(Fischer) and give its name
d) -D-mannopyranose (Haworth)
3. Draw the Haworth projection of -D-xylofuranose.
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4. Draw the structures of the products you would expect to obtain from the following reactions.
Name the products where required.
a) -D-ribofuranose + CH3I, Ag2O  ..................................................... (no name required)
b) D-threose + Tollens reagent (Ag+ in NH3)  .............................................. (name)
c) -D- altrofuranose + isopropyl alcohol, HCl  ....................................................... (name)
d) -D- arabinofuranose + acetic anhydride (CH3CO)2O in pyridine solvent  (no name)
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e) D- idose + NaBH4, then H2O  .............................................................. (name required)
f) D- lyxose in Kiliani Fischer Synthesis  ...........................................(name both
products)
g) D- glucose in Wohl Degradation  ......................................................... (name product)
5. Draw the following structures ...
a) cellobiose
b) any deoxyribose
c) any amino sugar
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6. Write the correct name of each of the following ...
a) polysaccharide in potatoes and digestible by humans .......................................................
b) polysaccharide stored in the liver and muscles of humans ................................................
c) polysaccharides in grass ………………………………………………………………………
d) the disaccharide produced when starch is metabolized ……………………………………..
e) water soluble form of starch .............................................................................................
f) pulverized with hot water .................................................................................................
g) the 2 monosaccharides which make up sucrose ...............................................................
h) the polysaccharide imparting strength and rigidity to plants ............................................
i)
textile fiber made from wood pulp, CS2, and NaOH ........................................................
j)
milk sugar
.......................................................................................................
k) carbohydrate which yields 3 to 10 monosaccharides on hydrolysis ................................
l)
general name for a 5 carbon aldehydic monosaccharide ...............................................
m) general name for a 7 carbon ketonic monosaccharide ..................................................
n) general name for the 2 diastereomers produced when an open chain monosaccharide
cyclicizes to its hemiacetal form ..................................................................................
o) Name the 2 reagents which are combined to produce ‘acetate rayon’.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
p) Explain the difference between an epimer and an anomer. ……………………………..
…………………………………………………………………………………………………..
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
7. Identify all chiral centers as (R) or (S) in the following and give their IUPAC and common
names.
a)
b)
O
OH
HO
H
H
O
H
OH
OH
OH
H
HO
H
OH
H
OH
OH
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8. Explain in words or by a drawing, the structural difference between cellobiose and maltose.
Be sure to identify which is which
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