how glucose reduces Benedict's solution? - Biology Forum

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elen123 18 years, 10 months ago

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- January 23, 2006 at 12:12 am #3309
  elen123
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  Can anyone answer this question please. Glucose is usually represented as a ring structure. How is possible that it can still reduce Benedict’s solution?
- January 23, 2006 at 12:25 pm #38186
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  Beside the ring structure (Haworth stucture), glucose can also be represented in conventional way and if you see it carefully, there’s an aldehyde molecular function at one of it’s tip..that aldehyde structure (-CHO) can reduce benedict solution..:wink:
- January 23, 2006 at 8:59 pm #38246
  elen123
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  Thanks a lot.
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