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Carbohydrates are made from monomers called monosaccharides.

Some of these monosaccharides include glucose ( C < sub > 6 </ sub > H < sub > 12 </ sub > O < sub > 6 </ sub >), fructose ( C < sub > 6 </ sub > H < sub > 12 </ sub > O < sub > 6 </ sub >), and deoxyribose ( C < sub > 5 </ sub > H < sub > 10 </ sub > O < sub > 4 </ sub >).

When two monosaccharides undergo dehydration synthesis, water is produced, as two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom are lost from the two monosaccharides ' hydroxyl group.