Monosaccharides

Source of monosaccharides

Amounts produced

Use as raw materials

Structure and nomenclature

Photosynthetic reaction

Chiral carbon atoms

Chiral carbon atoms

D-Glucose

D-Glucose

Chiral isomers

D- and L-sugars

D-Glucose

Classification of monosaccharides

D-Glycerose

D-Erythrose

D-Threose

D-Ribose

D-Arabinose

D-Xylose

D-Lyxose

D-Hexoses

Slide 23

A useful mnemonic
 for the hexoses

Ketoses

Isomerization

Ring forms

D-ribofuranose

D-glucopyranose

Anomers

Ring numbering

Ring conformation

Conformations of
cyclohexane rings

Beta-D-glucopyranose

Ring equilibrium

Glycosides

Stereochemistry-
Anomeric Effect