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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>== Structure and nomenclature ==<br />
Carbohydrates are generally divided into [[monosaccharide]]s, [[oligosaccharide]]s, and [[polysaccharide]]s depending on the number of sugar subunits. Maltose, with two sugar units, is a disaccharide, which falls under oligosaccharides. Glucose is a [[hexose]]: a monosaccharide containing six carbon atoms. The two glucose units are in the [[pyranose]] form and are joined by an [[glycosidic bond|O-glycosidic bond]], with the first carbon (C<sub>1</sub>) of the first [[glucose]] linked to the fourth carbon (C<sub>4</sub>) of the second [[glucose]], indicated as (1→4). The link is characterized as α because the glycosidic bond to the anomeric carbon (C<sub>1</sub>) is in the opposite plane from the {{chem|C|H|2|O|H}} [[substituent]] in the same ring (C<sub>6</sub> of the first glucose). If the glycosidic bond to the anomeric carbon (C<sub>1</sub>) were in the same plane as the {{chem|C|H|2|O|H}} substituent, it would be classified as a '''β(1→4)''' bond, and the resulting molecule would be [[cellobiose]]. The anomeric carbon (C<sub>1</sub>) of the second glucose molecule, which is not involved in a glycosidic bond, could be either an α- or β-anomer depending on the bond direction of the attached hydroxyl group relative to the {{chem|C|H|2|O|H}} substituent of the same ring, resulting in either α-maltose or β-maltose.</div>FuzzyBot