Carbohydrates
Carbohydrates are the organic compounds that are obtained in foods and living matters in the shape of sugars, cellulose, and starch. The general formula of carbohydrates is Cn(H2O)2. The ratio of H and O present in carbohydrates is identical to water.
Starch
Starch is a polysaccharide carbohydrate that belongs to the category of polysaccharide carbohydrates.
Mutarotation
The rotation of a particular structure of the chiral compound because of the epimerization is called mutarotation. It is the repercussion of the ring chain tautomerism. In terms of glucose, this can be defined as the modification in the equilibrium of the α- and β- glucose anomers upon its dissolution in the solvent water. This process is usually seen in the chemistry of carbohydrates.
L Sugar
A chemical compound that is represented with a molecular formula C6H12O6 is called L-(-) sugar. At the carbon’s 5th position, the hydroxyl group is placed to the compound’s left and therefore the sugar is represented as L(-)-sugar. It is capable of rotating the polarized light’s plane in the direction anticlockwise. L isomers are one of the 2 isomers formed by the configurational stereochemistry of the carbohydrates.
Draw the enol tautomer of (a) and the keto tautomer of (b).
The structural isomers that readily converted from keto (ketone or aldehyde) to enol (alcohol) from or vice-versa are known as tautomer.
The 3-D representation is converted into 2-D represented to draw the tautomers.
In 3-D representation
- The white ball represents the hydrogen atom
- The Blackball represents the carbon atom
- The Red ball represents the oxygen atom.
- The two-line between the atoms present the double bond.
In the 2-D diagram, each connectivity represents the carbon atom.
The keto is converted to enol form by transferring the position of a hydrogen atom from a carbon atom to an oxygen atom.
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