How do carbohydrates differ from hydrocarbons?

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How do carbohydrates differ from hydrocarbons?

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Answer 1 · 2015-06-13T14:26:43

Carbohydrates contain $C$ $"C"$ , $H$ $"H"$ , and $O$ $"O"$ . Hydrocarbons contain only $C$ $"C"$ and $H$ $"H"$ .

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The typical general formula for a hydrocarbon is $C_{n} H_{2 n + 2}$ $C_n"H"_(2n+2)$ .

An example is hexane, $C_{6} H_{14}$ $"C"_6"H"_14$ .

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The typical general formula for a carbohydrate is $C_{n} H_{2 m} O_{m}$ $C_n"H"_(2m)O_m$ or $C_{n} {(H_{2} O)}_{m}$ $"C"_n("H"_2"O")_m$ , where $n \geq 3$ $n ≥ 3$ and $m$ $m$ can be different from $n$ $n$ .

The name carbohydrate comes from the formula $C_{n} {(H_{2} O)}_{m}$ $"C"_n("H"_2"O")_m$ (carbon + hydrate).

A typical carbohydrate is glucose, $C_{6} H_{12} O_{6}$ $"C"_6"H"_12"O"_6$ .

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All the polar $OH$ $"OH"$ groups in carbohydrates tend to make them soluble in water.

Hydrocarbons are nonpolar and insoluble in water.

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