Learning outcomes - after studying this topic, you should be able to:

• use Fisher projections to represent the structures of D- and L-sugars
• convert between Fisher projections and Haworth representations
• identify the anomeric carbon atom in cyclic saccharides
• predict the products of oxidation and reduction of sugars
• predict the products of hydrolysis of disaccharides and polysaccharides

• Chapter 22 (in Blackman, Bottle, Schmid, Mocerino and Wille, Chemistry, 3^rd Edition, 2015 (John Wiley))

• How to draw Fischer projections (in ChemWiki)
• Carbohydrates (in ChemWiki)
• Carbohydrates in biological chemistry (in ChemWiki)

• Dr Baker's lecture notes You need to login to eLearning to access lecture notes.
• Suggested Exam Questions Covering Week 12
• Critical Thinking Questions 12
• Answers to Critical Thinking Questions 12
• Suggested exam questions and answers