MHT CET 2023 Chemistry question
Identify non-reducing sugar from following.
Answer: (A)
Solution
A reducing sugar has a free hemiacetal (anomeric) –OH or a free aldehyde/ketone group and reduces Tollens' and Fehling's reagents. Glucose has a free aldehyde group, and maltose and lactose have a free anomeric carbon
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