To be or not to be--a sugar?
True or False?
If a molecule has a chemical formula in the form , where is a positive integer, then the molecule must be a monomeric carbohydrate.
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1 solution
False. Example: C H 2 O , formaldehyde, fits the formula but does not have a hydroxyl group and cannot form glycosidic bonds.