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Ether and Ester Formation with Carbohydrates

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https://joechem.io/videos/83 for video on jOeCHEM and attached worksheet + solution (below video on jOeCHEM aka the link). https://joechem.io/videos/83 for video on jOeCHEM and attached worksheet + solution (below video on jOeCHEM aka the link) In this video, we'll explore how you can make esters with a cyclic monosaccharide by throwing in excess acid halide or acid anhydride. You can do a similar thing and create ethers by using excess alcohol and silver oxide.

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5. Ether and Ester Formation with Carbohydrates

1. Overview of Carbohydrates

2. Drawing Fischer Projections & Terminology of D and L Sugars

3. Hemiacetal Formation with Sugars

4. Haworth Projections & Mutarotation with Examples

6. Epimers and Epimerization

7. Oxidizing Sugars Mildly & Aggressively

8. Reducing Sugars with NaBH4

9. Making and Naming Glycosides

10. Lengthening Carbohydrate Chains with HCN

11. Shortening Carbohydrates with the Wohl Degradation

12. Forming Disaccharides via Glycosidic Linkages

13. Identifying Meso Sugars After Lengthening + Oxidizing (Example)

Ether and Ester Formation with Carbohydrates - jOeCHEM