Sugar which does not give reddish brown precipitate with Fehling's reagent is:
Biomolecules · Class 12 · JEE Main Previous Year Question
Sugar which does not give reddish brown precipitate with reagent is:
- a✓
Sucrose
- b
Lactose
- c
Glucose
- d
Maltose
Sucrose
Step 1: Reducing vs Non-reducing Sugars — Reducing sugars have a free or potentially free hemiacetal or hemiketal group that can open to form an aldehyde or ketone.
Step 2: Sucrose Structure — In sucrose, both the anomeric carbon of glucose () and fructose () are used to form the glycosidic bond.
Step 3: Test Result — Since no free anomeric group is available, sucrose is a non-reducing sugar and does not react with or reagents.
Key Point: Sucrose is the only common disaccharide that is non-reducing.
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