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Date May 2019 Marks available 2 Reference code 19M.3.sl.TZ2.8
Level SL Paper 3 Time zone TZ2
Command term Sketch Question number 8 Adapted from N/A

Question

Sucrose is a disaccharide.

State the name of the functional group forming part of the ring structure of each monosaccharide unit.

[1]
a.

Sketch the cyclic structures of the two monosaccharides which combine to form sucrose.

[2]
b.

Markscheme

acetal
OR
ether  [✔]

 

Note: Accept “glycosidic bond/linkage” but not “glucosidic”.

Do not accept “hemiacetal”.

a.

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b.

Examiners report

This was reasonably answered although there were some students who responded with ester or hemiacetal which is incorrect.

a.

This question was very poorly answered. Many students lost marks due to sloppy drawing and incorrect bond linkages. Some students did not separate the two saccharides as instructed.

b.

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