Number of compounds from the following which will not produce orange red
precipitate with Benedict solution is........ Glucose, maltose, sucrose, ribose,2
deoxyribose, amylose, lactose
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(2) Except sucrose and amylose all others, give orange red precipitate with Benedict solution. Sucrose is a non-reducing disaccharide composed of glucose and fructose. It does not have a free aldehyde or ketone group and, therefore, cannot undergo oxidation and reduce the Benedict's reagent. As a result, sucrose will not produce an orange-red precipitate with the Benedict's solution. Amylose is a polysaccharide composed of multiple glucose units linked together. While glucose, a monosaccharide, is a reducing sugar, the glycosidic bonds in amylose prevent the free aldehyde or ketone group from being available for oxidation. As a result, amylose, as a part of starch, does not give a positive
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