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Chapter 14 Biomolecules:Carbohydrates The word carbohydrate derives historically from the fact that glucose, the first carbohydrate to be obtained pure, has the molecular formula C6H12O6 and was originally thought to be a hydrate of carbon, C6(H2O)6. This view was soon abandoned, but the name persisted. Today the term carbohydrate is used to refer loosely to the broad class of polyhydroxylated aldehydes and ketones commonly called sugars. Carbohydrates are made by green plants during photosynthesis, a complex process in which sunlight provides the energy to convert CO2and H2O into g