What are Monosaccharides and Triglycerides?
This post will go through monosaccharides and triglycerides for QCE Chemistry.
4.1.4 – Organic Materials: Structure and Function
- Recognise that monosaccharides contain either an aldehyde group (aldose) or a ketone group (ketose) and several -OH groups, and have the empirical formula CH2O
- Distinguish between α-glucose and β-glucose, and compare and explain the structural properties of starch (amylose and amylopectin) and cellulose
- Recognise that triglycerides (lipids) are esters and describe the difference in structure between saturated and unsaturated fatty acids
Monosaccharides
This video will introduce monosaccharides.
This video goes through alpha-glucose and beta-glucose.
This video looks at some properties of and compares cellulose and starch.
Triglycerides
This video goes through the molecular structure of triglycerides.
This video goes through saturated, unsaturated and trans fat.
