Fructose is one of three dietary monosaccarides, also known as \'\'fruit sugar\'

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Fructose is one of three dietary monosaccarides, also known as ''fruit sugar''. It is almost twice as sweet as normal table sugar, sucrose. Answer the following questions (parts a, b, and c) based on the structure of fructose. a) Identify all the chirality centers of fructose by selecting the atoms that are chiral. Select an atom by clicking on it. The selected atoms will be highlighted green. b) Classify this monosaccharide according to the position of the carbonyl group and the number of carbon atoms in the molecule. ketopentose aldopentose aldotriose ketotriose aldohexose kelohexose

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a. the chiral centers are de carbons 3,4 and 5 counting from top to bottom.

b. last option, a ketohexose, the carbonyl group is in keto position and the structure has 6 carbons.

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