ney lei. The synthesis lengths a monosaccharide chain by adding one carbon to the aldehyde end...
Reactions of Monosaccharides Aldose monosaccharides can be oxidized when treated with a mild oxidizing agent. In this reaction, the aldehyde group of the open-chain aldose is oxidized to a carboxylic acid group In basic solution, ketose monosaccharides can also be oxidized. forming carboxylic acids because they can undergo a rearrangement to an aldose form. Monosaccharides (cyclic hemiacetals) can also react with an alcohol to form acetals, called glycosides, and water. In this reaction, the -OH of the anomeric carbon ic...