Naming Carbohydrate

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• What are some examples of carbohydrates in organic chemistry?
• What is the most abundant carbohydrate and its formula?
• What sugar would you form if C-5 on D-glucose was oriented to the left instead of right?
• Are D-glucose and D-ribose isomers? If so, what term describes the relationship?
• What is the relationship between D-glucose and D-fructose?
• How many epimers are there of D-glucose? Of #alpha#-D-glucose?
• Aldohexoses have 4 chiral centers, or 16 (24) stereoisomers possible. Does that mean they have 16 individual sugar names?
• Do all carbohydrates have the formula #C_nH_(2m)O_m#?
• Are disaccharides a type of carbohydrate?
• What is the empirical formula of cellulose?
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• How do we name #(HO)H_2C-CH(CH_3)CH(OH)CH_2CH(CH_3)CH_3# unambiguously?
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