Why is sucrose a non - reducing sugar ?
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As we can see that glucose and fructose are involved in glycosidic bonds and thus sucrose cannot participate in the reaction to get reduced. Hence, sucrose is a non- reducing sugar because of no free aldehyde or ketone adjacent to the ⟩CHOH group.
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The structure of the sucrose can be given as : ... As we can see that glucose and fructose are involved in glycosidic bonds and thus sucrose cannot participate in the reaction to get reduced. Hence, sucrose is a non- reducing sugar because of no free aldehyde or ketone adjacent to the ⟩CHOH group.
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