megarushan Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 sucrose doesn't have free anomeric c .it is ok..but it have hydroxyl group..why is that hydroxyl group can't oxidize..
andrewcellini Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 (edited) recall that reducing sugars have free aldehyde/ketone groups which can be oxidized to carboxylic acids. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reducing_sugar the reverse doesn't happen because opening the ring isn't stable and there is no hydroxyl on the anomeric carbon. Edited January 15, 2015 by andrewcellini
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