Hi there, im new here, so be nice

 

Anyway, I have this image which i would love someone to have a look at, as I need to find an answer but so far I am stumped, I've spent a long time looking around on the net and in various books.

 

Thanks very much, oh and sorry if I put this thread in the wrong forum.

 

 

What I need to know is the chemical structure?

 

Noel

What I need to know is the chemical structure?

Noel

I don't know much about chemistry anymore but isn't that image showing you the chemical structure?

Maybe he wants it named?

You are right, this image shows the chemical structure. I do not know the compound. It looks to me like a compound, resembling starch, but with the NH-C(O)-CH3 attached to the rings, I do not know what it really is. Probably it is something starch-like.

 

In order to understand these diagrams, you have to know that C-atoms usually are not drawn. Vertices denote C-atoms. When no other items are connected to a vertex, then only H-atoms are connected. Other groups are drawn explicitly, such as the -OH and =O groups.

The molecule is Chitin a polymer of N-acetlyglucosamine. Chitin is a major structural component of many insect exoskeletons and the cell walls of many fungi.

 

Yay for biochemistry.

take a look here: http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/biobk/BioBookCHEM2.html

nearly half way down at the Polysacharides section, this maybe helpfull?