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what happens when a carbohydrate is hydrolysed

can anyone please help with the structure of all the molecules formed when carbohydrate is completely hydrolysed? I would be so grateful xx

Reply 1

Vickyamayarose

this is the question and I'm co.pletely baffled

Reply 2

username4407536

It's not a carbohydrate, it's a triglyceride (fat).

When you hydrolyse it, the ester bonds break and you get glycerol + 3 fatty acids.

Reply 3

Vickyamayarose

thank you, really struggling with this topic it just doesn't seem to click x

Reply 4

username4407536

Original post by Vickyamayarose

thank you, really struggling with this topic it just doesn't seem to click x

Try to look over the spec and try to reread your notes or your book

Reply 5

Vickyamayarose

thank you, I've tried everything even watching YouTube videos, most of it I'm getting its just when I have to draw the molecules 😂

Reply 6

Vickyamayarose

@golgiapparatus31 is this correct or am I way off the mark? 20201025_103030-compressed.jpg.jpeg

Reply 7

username4407536

Original post by Vickyamayarose

@golgiapparatus31 is this correct or am I way off the mark? 20201025_103030-compressed.jpg.jpeg

It's fully correct! :smile:

Though I think you could write
triglyceride + 3 H2O -> glycerol + fatty acid 1 + fatty acid 2 + fatty acid 3, instead of writing the fatty acids one on top of the other, so it looks more like a proper chemical equation, but you would get all the marks