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(a) What hexose is formed on hydrolysis of the glycoside bond of phrenosine? Is phrenosine an α- or a β-glycoside?
(b) Hydrolysis of phrenosine gives, in addition to the hexose in part (a), a fatty acid called cerebronic acid, along with a third substance called sphingosine. Write structural formulas for both cerebronic acid and sphingosine.
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a Hydrolysis of phrenosine cleaves the glycosidic bond The carbohydrate liberate...View the full answer
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