Students should be able to:

(a) Describe the structure and properties of the following monomers: alpha-glucose and beta-glucose. 

(b) Describe the formation and breakage of glycosidic bond. 

(c) Describe the structure and properties of the following biomolecules and explain how these are related to their roles in living organisms: starch (including amylose and amylopectin), cellulose and glycogen [H2 only].