(Chemical Connections 12D) L-Fucose is a monosaccharide unit common to A, B, AB, and O b...

(Chemical Connections 12D) L-Fucose is a monosaccharide unit common to A, B, AB, and O blood types.

(a) Is this monosaccharide an aldose or a ketose? A hexose or a pentose?

(b) What is unusual about this monosaccharide?

(c) If L-fucose were to undergo a reaction in which its terminal -CH₃ group was converted to a -CH₂OH group, which monosaccharide would result?