Optically inactive Monosaccharides?
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Sweet isolated a monosaccharide and determined that it had a molecular weight of 150. Much to his surprise, he found that it was not optically active. What is the structure of the monosaccharide? (Assume that any chiral compound would be isolated in enantiomerically pure form.)
I deduced that the monosaccharide should have a chemical formula of C5O5H10, which would yield a molecular weight of 150. But even if the sugar were to form a ring, I for the life of me cannot get it to form a meso compound. Any insight would be appreciated
I deduced that the monosaccharide should have a chemical formula of C5O5H10, which would yield a molecular weight of 150. But even if the sugar were to form a ring, I for the life of me cannot get it to form a meso compound. Any insight would be appreciated
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Answer:
excuse me
Explanation:
it's glyceraldyhyde
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