Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 13 views

    Problem Set 1

    Uploaded by

    Bea Balungaya
    This document contains a problem set on carbohydrates and lipids. It asks students to: 1) Draw carbohydrate structures like monosaccharides and identify their properties. 2) Complete a table with information about different types of carbohydrates like disaccharides and polysaccharides. 3) Explain common structural features of cellulose and chitin. 4) Draw lipid structures like triacylglycerols and label linkages. 5) Draw a polyunsaturated fatty acid with specific characteristics and notation. 6) Draw products of reactions on a triglyceride like hydrolysis, saponification, and hydrogenation.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content

    You might also like

    Problem Set 1

    Uploaded by

    Bea Balungaya
    13 views4 pages
    This document contains a problem set on carbohydrates and lipids. It asks students to: 1) Draw carbohydrate structures like monosaccharides and identify their properties. 2) Complete a table with information about different types of carbohydrates like disaccharides and polysaccharides. 3) Explain common structural features of cellulose and chitin. 4) Draw lipid structures like triacylglycerols and label linkages. 5) Draw a polyunsaturated fatty acid with specific characteristics and notation. 6) Draw products of reactions on a triglyceride like hydrolysis, saponification, and hydrogenation.

    Original Description:

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Report this Document
    This document contains a problem set on carbohydrates and lipids. It asks students to: 1) Draw carbohydrate structures like monosaccharides and identify their properties. 2) Complete a table with information about different types of carbohydrates like disaccharides and polysaccharides. 3) Explain common structural features of cellulose and chitin. 4) Draw lipid structures like triacylglycerols and label linkages. 5) Draw a polyunsaturated fatty acid with specific characteristics and notation. 6) Draw products of reactions on a triglyceride like hydrolysis, saponification, and hydrogenation.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    Download as pdf or txt
    13 views4 pages

    Problem Set 1

    Uploaded by

    Bea Balungaya
    This document contains a problem set on carbohydrates and lipids. It asks students to: 1) Draw carbohydrate structures like monosaccharides and identify their properties. 2) Complete a table with information about different types of carbohydrates like disaccharides and polysaccharides. 3) Explain common structural features of cellulose and chitin. 4) Draw lipid structures like triacylglycerols and label linkages. 5) Draw a polyunsaturated fatty acid with specific characteristics and notation. 6) Draw products of reactions on a triglyceride like hydrolysis, saponification, and hydrogenation.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    Download as pdf or txt
    of 4

    PROBLEM SET 1

    Carbohydrates and Lipids


    30
    CYS:
    Group:
    Members: Signature:

    Note: Member/s of the group with no signature will be regarded as to having no significant contribution
    to this activity. The member/s may submit individually otherwise, a grade of zero shall be given.

    I. Carbohydrates: Structures and Functions

    A. Monosaccharide WOO is an enantiomer of the monosaccharide MEH (with the structure as


    shown). Draw monosaccharide WOO in Fischer projection. Convert monosaccharide WOO into
    its two anomeric forms in Haworth projection. (5 pts)

    Structure of Monosaccharide WOO

    Structure of Monosaccharide MEH

    α-Anomer of WOO β-Anomer of WOO

    BT-CHM113: Chemical Biology 3 (1st term AY 2023-2024) 1 of 4


    B. Complete the table below: (6 pts)

    Classification
    Type/s of Reducing or
    (disaccharide, Monosaccharide Branched or
    Carbohydrate Glycosidic non-reducing
    oligosaccharide, unit/s unbranched?
    Linkage/s sugar?
    polysaccharide)
    Sucrose

    Stachyose

    Amylopectin

    C. What are the common structural features of cellulose and chitin? Why is it necessary for
    structural polysaccharides to have such features? Express your answer in maximum of three
    sentences. (4 pts)

    BT-CHM113: Chemical Biology 3 (1st term AY 2023-2024) 2 of 4


    II. Lipids: Structures and Functions (Part 1)

    A. Draw the block diagrams of triacylglycerol, glycerophospholipid, and sphingophos-


    pholipid. Label what kind of linkage is involved within the structure. (Do not just copy and
    paste from the lecture slides or the internet.) (6 pts)

    B. Draw a polyunsaturated fatty acid with the following structural characteristics:


    • 20 carbon atoms
    • cis-double bonds at positions 5, 8, 11
    Indicate the structural notation indicating the delta designation (e.g. 18:1(Δ9)) and its omega
    family classification. (4 pts)

    Fatty Acid Structure:

    Structural notation:

    Omega family classification:

    BT-CHM113: Chemical Biology 3 (1st term AY 2023-2024) 3 of 4


    C. Considering the triglyceride below, draw the products of the given reactions. (6 pts)

    1. Complete hydrolysis

    2. Saponification using NaOH

    3. Complete hydrogenation

    BT-CHM113: Chemical Biology 3 (1st term AY 2023-2024) 4 of 4

    You might also like