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In the oxidation of an alcohol to a ketone, there is ________.

The common name for the compound CH3—CH2—CH2— O—CH2—CH3 is ________.

Ribulose has the following structural formula. To what carbohydrate class does ribulose belong?

In the IUPAC naming system, a ketone is named by replacing the -e in the corresponding alkane name with ________.

Formaldehyde is used industrially to make ________.

Which molecule shown is d-glyceraldehyde?

Thiols have structures similar to alcohols except that they contain ________.

In a ketone, the carbonyl group is bonded to how many hydrogen atoms?

Galactosemia is the name of a metabolic disorder. In this disorder, an enzyme is missing that is needed to ________.

Which of the following carbons in the molecule shown is a chiral carbon?