What monosaccharides are in maltose?

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Ernest Z.
Jun 27, 2015

There is only one monosaccharide in sucrose, and that is glucose.

Explanation:

The structure of glucose, "C"_6"H"_12"O"_6C6H12O6, is

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The "OH"OH on "C-1"C-1 of glucose can combine with the "OH"OH on "C-4"C-4 of another glucose molecule to form maltose.

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We could write the equation for the formation of maltose as

underbrace(2"C"_6"H"_12"O"_6)_color(red)("glucose") → underbrace("C"_12"H"_22"O"_11)_color(red)("maltose") + "H"_2"O"

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