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Namethe products of hydrolysisof sucrose . Why is sucrose not a reducingsugar ?

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Solution :`C_(12) underset("Sucrose")(H_(22)O_(11)) + H_(2)O overset(H^(+))to underset("Glucose")(C_(6)H_(12)O_(6)) + underset("Fructose ")(C_(6)H_(12)O_(6))`
Thetwomonosaccharides,glucose and fructoseare held togetherby a glycosidic linkage BETWEENC -1 of `alpha` - glucoseand C-2 of ` beta`- fructose .
As the reducing GROUPS of glucoseand fructoseare INVOLVED in glycosidic areinvolved in glycosidic bond,SUCROSEIS a non - reducingsugar .


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