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Ch. 5 - An Introduction to Carbohydrates

Chapter 5, Problem 2

What type of bond is formed between two sugars in a disaccharide? a. glycosidic linkage b. phosphodiester bond c. peptide bond d. hydrogen bond

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Hello everyone. And in today's video we have the following problem. So I covalin linkage between two monos aka right is referred to us. So we're given certain types of linkages that we need to look at in order to identify the correct one. So let's just jump straight into the answer choices beginning by answer choice. A di sulfide linkages. These linkages are actually found in proteins, they're not found in Mono Sacha Rights, which are carbohydrates. So this is not going to be the correct answer choice and we're going to cancel it out. Moving on we have ester linkages. These ester linkages are actually going to be found in lipids or in fact they're not going to be found in carbohydrates. So we're also going to cancel it out. Then we have ionic bonds. These ionic bonds are present within ionic compounds which are compounds made up of ions or for example A plus and B minus. Just made up together or N A plus and cl minus. These two ions are going to join together the ionic bond. This is not going to be mono sacrifice. These are ions are going to cancel this out as well. And this all lifts us with like acidic bonds being the only possible answer choice and this is actually going to be the correct answer. Like acidic bond is a Covalin bond between a carbon from one mono Sacha. Right? And the oxygen from another mono sack. Right? That joins them together to form policy aka ride or die cycle rides or it can even be between mono saccharine or just a carbohydrate and something else. It does not necessarily have to be between two monos aka rides. So this is going to be the correct answer choice, like acidic bone, and that is going to be the end of the video. I really hope it helped you and I hope to see you on the next one.