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Draw two structures (one straight chain and one ring) of a carbohydrate with the chemical formula (CH2O6).

How would i do this??

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The chemical formula CH2O6 is not a carbohydrate unless it was written this way:
(CH2O)6 which is now the chemical formula of glucose.
Glucose has a linear and a cyclic structure. I will attach the structures since it's difficult to describe the drawing. The first one is straight chain and the next one is the ring.
Draw two structures (one straight chain and one ring) of a carbohydrate with the chemical-example-1
Draw two structures (one straight chain and one ring) of a carbohydrate with the chemical-example-2
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I think you mean (CH2O)6, it is the formula for glucose (or it could be written C6H12O6).

The linear structure is characterized by the presence in the same molecule of a reducing function aldehyde or ketone and at least one alcohol function.

On the other hand, this linear form can be transformed into a cyclic form (in the solutions), and this implies the formation of hemiacetal by bonding between the aldehyde of carbon 1 and the alcohol of the penultimate carbon.

Draw two structures (one straight chain and one ring) of a carbohydrate with the chemical-example-1
Draw two structures (one straight chain and one ring) of a carbohydrate with the chemical-example-2
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