Table of contents

1. A Review of General Chemistry5h 5m
2. Molecular Representations1h 14m
3. Acids and Bases2h 46m
4. Alkanes and Cycloalkanes4h 17m
5. Chirality3h 39m
6. Thermodynamics and Kinetics1h 22m
7. Substitution Reactions1h 48m
8. Elimination Reactions2h 30m
9. Alkenes and Alkynes2h 9m
10. Addition Reactions3h 19m
11. Radical Reactions1h 58m
12. Alcohols, Ethers, Epoxides and Thiols2h 42m
13. Alcohols and Carbonyl Compounds2h 17m
14. Synthetic Techniques1h 26m
15. Analytical Techniques:IR, NMR, Mass Spect7h 3m
16. Conjugated Systems6h 13m
17. Ultraviolet Spectroscopy51m
18. Aromaticity2h 34m
19. Reactions of Aromatics: EAS and Beyond5h 1m
20. Phenols55m
21. Aldehydes and Ketones: Nucleophilic Addition4h 56m
22. Carboxylic Acid Derivatives: NAS2h 51m
23. The Chemistry of Thioesters, Phophate Ester and Phosphate Anhydrides1h 10m
24. Enolate Chemistry: Reactions at the Alpha-Carbon1h 53m
25. Condensation Chemistry2h 9m
26. Amines1h 43m
27. Heterocycles2h 0m
28. Carbohydrates5h 53m
29. Amino Acids4h 20m
30. Peptides and Proteins2h 42m
31. Catalysis in Organic Reactions1h 30m
32. Lipids 2h 50m
33. The Organic Chemistry of Metabolic Pathways2h 52m
34. Nucleic Acids1h 32m
35. Transition Metals6h 14m
36. Synthetic Polymers1h 49m

28. Carbohydrates

Monosaccharides - Common Structures

Organic Chemistry

28. Carbohydrates

Monosaccharides - Common Structures

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a key structural difference between starch and glycogen?

Starch is found in animals, while glycogen is found in plants.

Starch is composed of glucose and fructose, while glycogen is composed of glucose only.

Starch is a linear polymer, while glycogen is highly branched.

Starch contains only alpha-1,6-glycosidic bonds, while glycogen contains only alpha-1,4-glycosidic bonds.

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Understand the basic structure of starch and glycogen. Both are polysaccharides composed of glucose units, but they differ in their branching patterns.

Starch is primarily found in plants and consists of two types of molecules: amylose and amylopectin. Amylose is a linear polymer with alpha-1,4-glycosidic bonds, while amylopectin is branched with alpha-1,6-glycosidic bonds at the branch points.

Glycogen is found in animals and is similar to amylopectin but more extensively branched. It contains alpha-1,4-glycosidic bonds in the linear portions and alpha-1,6-glycosidic bonds at the branch points.

The key structural difference between starch and glycogen is the degree of branching. Glycogen is highly branched compared to starch, which is primarily linear (amylose) or less branched (amylopectin).

Review the options given in the problem. The correct answer is that starch is a linear polymer, while glycogen is highly branched. This reflects the structural difference in their branching patterns.