Monday, February 8, 2010

True or false: A carbohydrate can contain a string of C atoms, each bonded to a hydroxyl group.?

True , a hydroxyl group is a OH group


Look at this picture of a typical carbohydrate (glucose), and you can see the OH groups are attached to all the carbons





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:D-gluc鈥?/a>

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