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May 21, 2018

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Explanation:

Sucrose

Sucrose

Sucrose has seven hydroxyl (#"OH"#) and two acetal groups.

I have marked one of the hydroxyl groups with a pink rectangle.

An acetal group has the general structure #"RO-CR"_2"-OR"# or #"RO-CHR-OR"#. Thus, it has two ether groups on the same carbon.

The acetal formed from the aldehyde carbon of glucose in the red loop and the one formed from the ketone carbon of fructose is in the blue loop.

Palmitic acid

Palmitic acid

Palmitic acid has only one functional group, a carboxyl (#"COOH")#.

I have enclosed it in a blue rectangle.