Chemistry 332 - Winter 1997

Quiz, Chapter 14 - Answer Key


1. (2 points) For the structures below, circle those that are D-glyceraldehyde and underline those that are L-glyceraldehdye.


2. (2 points) Write the structure of alpha-D-ribofuranose.


3. (3 points) D-mannose is the C-2 epimer of D-glucose. Write its structure in an open-chain form and in a beta-pyranose form using a Haworth projection.


4. (3 points) Write the structure of the sugar that would give the same aldaric acid (dicarboxylic acid) as D-ribose. Name this sugar. Is it a reducing sugar?

Both D-ribose and L-ribose are reducing sugars.