Chemistry: A Molecular Approach (3rd Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0321809246
ISBN 13: 978-0-32180-924-7

Chapter 21 - Sections 21.1-21.7 - Exercises - Review Questions - Page 1028: 12

Answer

Cellulose , starch and glycogen are different common polysacchrides. They have repeating glucose units. The way glucose units are bonde.d determines their type. cellulos the oxygen atoms are roughly p.allel with the plane of the rings called $B$-glycosidic linkage. in starch and glycogen, the oxygen atoms join neighbouring glucose units poi. down relative to the planes of the rings and is named as a glycosidic linkage.
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