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In Glucose, how will you prove the presence of the following?
July 23rd, 2022
carbohydrates
organic-chemistry
biochemistry
Unexpected reaction during acid hydrolysis of cellulose
August 1st, 2022
organic-chemistry
carbohydrates
hydrolysis
Why is H bonded to C5 drawn below the plane in Haworth formula for D-glucose?
August 1st, 2022
structural-formula
stereochemistry
carbohydrates
Which conformer of beta D-glucose is more stable?
November 6th, 2020
stereoelectronics
conformers
carbohydrates
Fructofuranose vs fructopyranose
August 1st, 2022
organic-chemistry
carbohydrates
In the Haworth projections of D and L glucose, is the stereochemistry at every carbon except the anomeric carbon just inverted?
August 1st, 2022
organic-chemistry
stereochemistry
carbohydrates
Stability of furanose vs. pyranose form of glucose?
August 1st, 2022
organic-chemistry
stability
carbohydrates
Is there a way to faciliate remembering which are alpha/beta hemiacetals of sugars?
August 1st, 2022
carbohydrates
Oxidation of hydroxyl groups of glucose
August 1st, 2022
organic-chemistry
carbonyl-compounds
carbohydrates
biochemistry
organic-oxidation
Why is methyl α-D-glucopyranoside preferentially formed from glucopyranose in acidic methanol?
August 20th, 2020
organic-chemistry
stereoelectronics
carbohydrates
Why is it important that glucose’s third OH group points to the left?
October 8th, 2020
carbohydrates
stereochemistry
Why is fermentation of cellulose to produce biofuel and nutrients so difficult?
August 1st, 2022
green-chemistry
carbohydrates
biochemistry
organic-chemistry
enzymes
How to Convert Sucrose to Glucose and Fructose
August 1st, 2022
carbohydrates
home-experiment
aqueous-solution
food-chemistry
How does existence of alpha and beta form of glucose prove that it exists as a cyclic structure
August 1st, 2022
chemical-biology
biochemistry
organic-chemistry
carbohydrates
How do you identify reducing / non-reducing sugar by looking at structure?
August 1st, 2022
biochemistry
carbohydrates
organic-chemistry
carbonyl-compounds
Reduction of glucose to hexane with hydroiodic acid
August 1st, 2022
organic-chemistry
reaction-mechanism
carbohydrates
organic-reduction
If glucose can react with phenyl hydrazine to form osazone why can't it react with 2,4-DNP to give positive test?
December 16th, 2020
carbohydrates
reactivity
organic-chemistry
How long would it take for sucrose to undergo hydrolysis in boiling water?
June 14th, 2020
organic-chemistry
hydrolysis
carbohydrates
food-chemistry
Why does the fructose monomer in sucrose appear different from isolated fructose?
December 2nd, 2020
carbohydrates
molecular-structure
organic-chemistry
Why starch (amylose) and cotton (cellulose) are so different?
August 1st, 2022
polymers
organic-chemistry
biochemistry
carbohydrates
Does cooling a potato change the nature of its carbohydrates?
June 17th, 2020
carbohydrates
biochemistry
temperature
Why do other sugars melt whereas sucrose decomposes?
October 10th, 2020
carbohydrates
organic-chemistry
everyday-chemistry
Why does wood burn but not sugar?
April 16th, 2020
carbohydrates
physical-chemistry
combustion
physical-organic-chemistry
Can I break starch down into glucose units?
December 31st, 2020
biochemistry
carbohydrates
polymers
A non-life process making glucose from carbon dioxide and water using electricity or light?
August 1st, 2022
carbohydrates
synthesis
What's the difference between alpha-glucose and beta-glucose?
August 1st, 2022
isomers
carbohydrates
stereochemistry
Why do gummy bears explode when added to hot potassium chlorate?
October 23rd, 2020
carbohydrates
redox
combustion
Why does fructose reduce Tollen's reagent and Fehling's solution?
August 1st, 2022
biochemistry
carbohydrates
organic-chemistry
Why is the reduction by sugars more efficient in basic solutions than in acidic ones?
November 10th, 2020
carbohydrates
redox
reaction-mechanism
organic-chemistry
Can paper burn without oxygen or air?
April 6th, 2020
pyrolysis
temperature
combustion
carbohydrates
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