The name carbohydrate comes from the fact that many simple sugars have chemical formulae that look like water has simply been added to carbon. (The suffix hydrate from the Greek word hydor ("water") means "compound formed by the addition of water.") The actual chemical structure of carbohydrates doesn't look anything like water molecules bonded to carbon atoms (see sketch at right). But it is nevertheless possible to chemically extract all the hydrogen and oxygen from many simple carbohydrates as water, leaving only carbon behind. If you search the Internet for "reaction of sulfuric acid and sugar" you will find some impressive videos of this. Suppose you had (200. g) of ordinary table sugar, which chemists call sucrose, and which has the chemical formula C₁2H22011. Calculate the maximum mass of water you could theoretically extract. Be sure your answer has alunit symbol, and round it to 3 significant digits. 0 X HO CH₂OH O OH OH OH The actual chemical structure of glucose.

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The name carbohydrate comes from the fact that many simple sugars have chemical formulae that look like water has simply been
added to carbon. (The suffix hydrate from the Greek word hydor ("water") means "compound formed by the addition of water.")
The actual chemical structure of carbohydrates doesn't look anything like water molecules bonded to carbon atoms (see sketch at
right). But it is nevertheless possible to chemically extract all the hydrogen and oxygen from many simple carbohydrates as water,
leaving only carbon behind. If you search the Internet for "reaction of sulfuric acid and sugar" you will find some impressive videos of
this.
Suppose you had (200. g) of ordinary table sugar, which chemists call sucrose, and which has the chemical formula C12H₂2011.
Calculate the maximum mass of water you could theoretically extract. Be sure your answer has alunit symbol, and round it to 3
significant digits.
0
HO
CH₂OH
OH
OH
OH
The actual chemical
structure of glucose.
Transcribed Image Text:The name carbohydrate comes from the fact that many simple sugars have chemical formulae that look like water has simply been added to carbon. (The suffix hydrate from the Greek word hydor ("water") means "compound formed by the addition of water.") The actual chemical structure of carbohydrates doesn't look anything like water molecules bonded to carbon atoms (see sketch at right). But it is nevertheless possible to chemically extract all the hydrogen and oxygen from many simple carbohydrates as water, leaving only carbon behind. If you search the Internet for "reaction of sulfuric acid and sugar" you will find some impressive videos of this. Suppose you had (200. g) of ordinary table sugar, which chemists call sucrose, and which has the chemical formula C12H₂2011. Calculate the maximum mass of water you could theoretically extract. Be sure your answer has alunit symbol, and round it to 3 significant digits. 0 HO CH₂OH OH OH OH The actual chemical structure of glucose.
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