Carbohydrates
Carbohydrates: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Carbohydrates, Glucose, Cellulose, Glycogen, Starch, Classification of Carbohydrates, Sucrose, Fructose, Lactose, Monosaccharides, Structure of Sucrose, Maltose, Oligosaccharides, Mutarotation and, Glycosidic Linkage
Important Questions on Carbohydrates
What are the products formed when -glucose is reacted with the following species?
(i)
(ii) Bromine water
The reagent used as Tollen's reagent for the detection of sucrose is _____.
The result obtained in Fehling's test for the detection of glucose is _____.
How will you differentiate sucrose from glucose?
The glucose forms penta acetate due to the presence of five _____ group. (hydroxy/ carbonyl)
The number of acetic anhydride involved in the acetylation of glucose is _____.
The glucose has five hydroxy groups. Justify.
The functional group of glucose which responsible for its reducing property is _____.
Glucose and Fructose are reducing sugars. Justify.
Discuss the Lobry de Bruyn–Alberda van Ekenstein rearrangement reaction.
Give the reaction of glucose with hydroxyl amine.
How does the carbonyl group of glucose identified?
The optical activity of glucose is due to _____ chiral carbons.(four/three)
Sucrose is a disaccharide which contains glucose and fructose molecules which connected by a glycosidic linkage.
Classify the carbohydrates on the basis of their behaviour on hydrolysis.
How does oligosaccharides differ from others?
