Sucrose is a non reducing sugar because?
Correct answer: E. Both a and b
- A. It does not exist in open chain form
- B. Carbonyl groups are not free to reduce fehling's solution
- C. They have at least one free carbonyl group
- D. They form 1-4 glycosidic linkage
- E. Both a and b
Explanation
A sugar that serves as a reducing agent due to its free aldehyde or ketone functional groups in its molecular structure. Sucrose is a non-reducing sugar because the two monosaccharide units are held together by a glycosidic linkage between C1 of α-glucose and C2 of β-fructose. Sucrose has no aldehyde or ketone group to reduce Fehling's solution , so both options A and B are true. Hence the correct option is E
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