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Sugar which does not give reddish brown precipitate with Fehling's reagent is:

Biomolecules · Class 12 · JEE Main Previous Year Question

Question

Sugar which does not give reddish brown precipitate with Fehling’s\text{Fehling's} reagent is:

Options
  1. a

    Sucrose

  2. b

    Lactose

  3. c

    Glucose

  4. d

    Maltose

Correct Answera

Sucrose

Detailed Solution

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 (α-C1\alpha\text{-C1}) and fructose (β-C2\beta\text{-C2}) 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 Fehling’s\text{Fehling's} or Tollen’s\text{Tollen's} reagents.

Key Point: Sucrose is the only common disaccharide that is non-reducing.

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