Author Question: When a monosaccharide forms a cyclic hemiacetal, the carbon atom that contained the carbonyl group ... (Read 34 times)

tatyanajohnson · **on:** Aug 27, 2018

When a monosaccharide forms a cyclic hemiacetal, the carbon atom that contained the carbonyl group is identified as the ________ carbon atom because

A) D; the carbonyl group is drawn to the right.
B) L; the carbonyl group is drawn to the left.
C) anomeric; its substituents can assume an or a position.
D) acetal; it forms bonds to an -OR and an -OR'.
E) enantiomeric; depending on its position, the resulting ring can have a mirror image.

Question 2

On the basis of the number of carbon-hydrogen bonds, all of the following families of compounds can be considered unsaturated except

A) alkanes.
B) alkenes.
C) alkynes.
D) arenes.
E) none of the above