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Carbohydrates
2.6
2.6
Carbohydrates
Carbohydrates are made from CARBON,
HYDROGEN and OXYGEN
They STORE ENERGY in plants and animals
Plant cell walls depend on the structural role
of some carbohydrates
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CARBOHYDRATES
MONOSACCHARIDES
DISACCHARIDES
POLYSACCHARIDES
Monosaccharides
Monosaccharides are small organic molecules used as bulding blocks for more
complex carbohydrates. Click each of the blue boxes to work through the slide.
General Formula
(CH2O)n
So, when
n=3
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When n=5
What does the ‘n’ stand
for?
Number of Carbon atoms
TRIOSE, e.g. glyceraldehyde In metabolic reactions
When n=6
PENTOSE, e.g. ribose –
HEXOSE, e.g. glucose -
formation of nucleic acid
main source of energy
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Isomerism in Glucose C6H12O6
Alpha-glucose
CH2OH
Oxygen
Hydrogen
Carbon
Hydroxide (OH)
beta-glucose
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CH2OH
Show structural change
Disaccharides
Disaccharides form when two monosaccharide units join forming a
glycosidic bond, by a condensation reaction.
A disaccharide can be made
from two of the same
monosaccharide molecule or
from two different ones.
The combination of
monosaccharides determines
which disaccharide is formed.
MONOSACCHARIDES
DISACCHARIDE
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GLUCOSE
GLUCOSE
WATER
SUCROSE
MALTOSE
GALACTOSE
FRUCTOSE
GLUCOSE
LACTOSE
Forming Disaccharides
Glucose
CH2OH
CH2OH
CH2OH
H
C
OH
C
O
H
OH
H
C
C
H
OH
H
H
C
C
OH
OH
C
O
H
OH
H
C
C
C
H
OH
H
OH
Maltose
CH2OH
H
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C
OH
C
CH2OH
O
H
OH
H
C
C
H
OH
H
H
C
C
OH
OOH
H
H
Glycosidic
Bond
C
O
H
OH
H
C
C
C
H
OH
H
OH
This is a CONDENSATION reaction, where
a water molecule is lost.
Polysaccharides
Polysaccharides are large complex molecules known as
POLYMERS.
What is polymerisation ?
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Polysaccharides
Polymerisation is the process of
bonding many MONOMERS by
condensation reactions to form one
large molecule.
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What is a
monomer?
Click the bubble
for the answer
Monomers are the individual
monosaccharides which join
to form the polysaccharide.
Monomer
Amylose
Glucose
Glycogen
Glucose
Cellulose
β Glucose
Return to isomerism of glucose
Glycosidic bond
1-4
1-4 and 1-6
1-4
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Forming polysaccharides
Glucose
CH2OH
C
H
C
CH2OH
O
H
OH
H
C
C
H
OH
OH
H
H
C
OH
H
C
O
OH
H
C
CH2OH
O
H
OH
H
C
C
H
OH
H
H
C
OH
H
C
O
OH
H
C
CH2OH
O
H
OH
H
C
C
H
OH
H
H
C
OH
H
C
O
OH
H
C
O
H
OH
H
C
C
C
H
OH
H
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In this example, 3 condensation reactions have produced 3 water
molecules to produce the polysaccharide.
A HYDROLYSIS reaction (addition of water) reverses the reaction
and splits the polysaccharide releasing 3 monosaccharide
molecules.
OH
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