Carbohydrates
All about Carbohydrates
- Created by: Harriet Woolgar
- Created on: 07-10-13 14:34
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- Carbohydrates
- Monosaccharides
- Simplest- single sugars
- White Crystalline Solids
- Dissolve in water to form sweet tasting solutions
- Soluble in Water
- (CH2O)n
- Benedicts Test
- Disaccharides
- Double sugar
- 2 Monosaccharides combine
- Condensation Reaction
- Glycosidic Bond
- Condensation Reaction
- 2 Monosaccharides combine
- Hydrolysis breaks down..
- Maltose
- 2 Glucose
- Lactose
- Glucose and Galactose
- Sucrose
- Glucose and Fructose
- Maltose
- Double sugar
- Polysaccharides
- Lots of monosaccharides joined together by a series of condensation reactions
- Polymerization
- Repeated Units of monomers make up a polymer
- Insoluble in water
- Cannot be crystallised
- Not sweet
- Lots of monosaccharides joined together by a series of condensation reactions
- Monosaccharides
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