Which of these would represent the chemical formula for a momer of carbohydrates?
2 answers:
Answer:
A)
Explanation:
A monomer is essentially a small molecule which combines with another molecule of the same kind to form a macromolecule. When two or more number of monomer units react together they form a polymer through a process known as polymerization.
Carbohydrates are polymers made of monomers units which are simple sugars. The chemical formula corresponds to that of glucose. Starch which is a carbohydrate is formed by the polymerization of glucose.
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Lewis Structure is drawn in following steps,
1) Calculate Number of Valence Electrons:
# of Valence electrons in Mg = 2
# of Valence electrons in I = 7
# of Valence electrons in I = 7
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Total Valence electrons = 16
2) Draw Mg as a central atom surround it by two atoms of Iodine.
3) Connect each Iodine atom to Mg, and subtract two electrons per bond. In this case we will subtract 4 electrons from total valence electrons. i.e.
Total Valence electrons 16
- Four electrons - 4
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12
4) Now start adding the remaining 12 electrons on more electronegative atoms i.e. Iodine.
The final lewis structure formed is as follow,
1) Calculate Number of Valence Electrons:
# of Valence electrons in Mg = 2
# of Valence electrons in I = 7
# of Valence electrons in I = 7
---------
Total Valence electrons = 16
2) Draw Mg as a central atom surround it by two atoms of Iodine.
3) Connect each Iodine atom to Mg, and subtract two electrons per bond. In this case we will subtract 4 electrons from total valence electrons. i.e.
Total Valence electrons 16
- Four electrons - 4
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12
4) Now start adding the remaining 12 electrons on more electronegative atoms i.e. Iodine.
The final lewis structure formed is as follow,