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The monsaccharide glucose is best described by which one of the following statements ?
Correct answer: D. It formspart of the disaccharide sucrose
- A. It usually exists in the furanose form
- B. It is a ketose
- C. It possessesan anomeric C-2 carbon atom
- D. It formspart of the disaccharide sucrose
Explanation
Glucose is an aldohexose that mainly forms a six-membered pyranose ring and has its anomeric carbon at C-1. It forms part of sucrose together with fructose, making option d correct.
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