Carbohydrates

• Chemical formula for glucose- C6H12O6
• General formula for an alkane- CnH2n+2
• Many monomers (1 units) join to make a polymer (many units)

Carbohydrates:

• Made of: (hydrated carbon)
  -carbon
  -hydrogen
  -oxygen

• Function:
            -provide energy --> lots of chemical bonds so lots of energy is released when broken
  Plants- structural
            - cellulose
• Structure:
  -polymers of single units, often glucose- monosaccharides 

• C6H12O6
• Hexose- 6 carbon ring
• General formula for monosaccharides (one sugar unit)- CnH2nOn

Alpha Glucose Structural Formula:

Beta Glucose Structural Formula:

• 2 sugar unit
• maltose- C12H22O11

• alpha glucose + beta glucose --> maltose and water 
• ^ this is a condensation reaction because water is a product

• glycosidic bond of 1,4 (joined at carbon 1 and carbon 4)