Fructose as Reducing Sugar
Fructose is also known as Reducing Sugar and for a sugar to be considered as Reducing Sugar it should fulfill following points:
A sugar considered as reducing sugar which can be can be oxidized by a weak oxidizing agent such as Tollen’s reagent (capable of oxidizing aldehydes, not alcohol) under a basic aqueous solution.
Fructose doesn’t contain any aldehyde group but it can reduce such reagents. This is due to the reason that the reagents are basic solutions, hence fructose can be isomerized to different aldoses( glucose and mannose).
What is Fructose?
Fructose is a simple sugar, also called “fruit sugar”. Fructose is a monosaccharide like glucose and is found in all types of fruits hence, the name fruit sugar. Fructose has four calories per gram. Fructose also occurs in various foods such as honey, sugar cane, corn, etc.
In this article, we will learn about Fructose, its structure, preparation, properties, uses, and comparison between glucose and fructose.
Table of Content
- What is Fructose?
- Structure of Fructose
- Properties of Fructose
- Physical Properties of Fructose
- Chemical Properties of Fructose
- Difference between Glucose and Fructose