Which Compounds Are Named Correctly

question 54

Multiple Choice

Which compounds are named correctly?

• A) I, II, III
• B) IV, V, VI
• C) II, IV, V
• D) III, IV, VI

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Definitions:

β-Furanose

A form of a cyclic sugar where the furanose ring has the hydroxyl group at the anomeric carbon in the beta configuration.

α-D-Glucopyranose

An isomer of glucose that is a six-membered oxygen-containing ring (pyranose form), important in biology and nutrition.

Anomers

Carbohydrates that differ in configuration only at the hemiacetal or hemiketal carbon atom, often referred to as the anomeric carbon.

Optical Rotation

The measurement of the degree to which a chiral compound rotates plane-polarized light, a property specific to chiral substances.