Report Table CHO.13: Results of Chemical Tests on Unknown Sample Benedict's test: Blue solution Choose... A. reducing sugar not found B. reducing sugar found Fermentation test: Gas bubbles Choose... A. fermentation occured B. fermentation did not occured Seliwanoff's test: Red solution Choose... A. Aldose present b. ketose present c. neither Iodine test: Colorless to brown solution Choose... a. amylose present b. amylose not present In your own words, describe the information you have gathered from each test about your unknown. Which carbohydrate do you think your unknown is? Explain your answer A. glucose b. fructose c. sucrose d. lactose e. starch d. cant not be determined
Carbohydrates
Carbohydrates are the organic compounds that are obtained in foods and living matters in the shape of sugars, cellulose, and starch. The general formula of carbohydrates is Cn(H2O)2. The ratio of H and O present in carbohydrates is identical to water.
Starch
Starch is a polysaccharide carbohydrate that belongs to the category of polysaccharide carbohydrates.
Mutarotation
The rotation of a particular structure of the chiral compound because of the epimerization is called mutarotation. It is the repercussion of the ring chain tautomerism. In terms of glucose, this can be defined as the modification in the equilibrium of the α- and β- glucose anomers upon its dissolution in the solvent water. This process is usually seen in the chemistry of carbohydrates.
L Sugar
A chemical compound that is represented with a molecular formula C6H12O6 is called L-(-) sugar. At the carbon’s 5th position, the hydroxyl group is placed to the compound’s left and therefore the sugar is represented as L(-)-sugar. It is capable of rotating the polarized light’s plane in the direction anticlockwise. L isomers are one of the 2 isomers formed by the configurational stereochemistry of the carbohydrates.
Report Table CHO.13: Results of Chemical Tests on Unknown Sample
Benedict's test: Blue solution
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In your own words, describe the information you have gathered from each test about your unknown.
Which carbohydrate do you think your unknown is?
Explain your answer
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