Q.a) Write the Haworth structure of Maltose.
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →Maltose is two α-D-glucose units linked α-1,4 (drawn as two Haworth pyranose rings joined by an O bridge); polysaccharides are long chains of many monosaccharides such as starch; a fat-soluble vitamin stored in liver/adipose tissue is Vitamin A.
a) Haworth structure of maltose
Maltose is a disaccharide made of two α-D-glucose units joined by a C1–C4 α-glycosidic linkage. In Haworth projection it is drawn as two six-membered glucose (pyranose) rings connected through an oxygen bridge between C-1 of the first ring and C-4 of the second ring:
- First α-D-glucopyranose ring — its C-1 –OH points down (α) and forms the glycosidic –O– bridge.
- The bridge oxygen connects to C-4 of the second α-D-glucopyranose ring.
- The second ring retains a free anomeric (hemiacetal) –OH at its C-1, so maltose is a reducing sugar.
(In words: α-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→4)-D-glucopyranose. Each ring carries –CH₂OH at C-5 and –OH groups at C-2, C-3; the free C-1 –OH on the second ring can open to the aldehyde form.)
b) Polysaccharides …
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