Q.
Statement I ; Fructose gives positive Tollen's testStatement II ; Fructose is a reducing sugar
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a
Statements I and II are correct
b
Statement I is correct and statement II is incorrect
c
Statement I is incorrect and statement II is correct
d
Statements I and II are incorrect
answer is A.
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Though fructose is a ketose it is a reducing sugar;It gives positive Tollen's,Fehling's and Benedict's test;All the above reagents oxidize the aldehyde group to carboxylic acid group in alkaline medium;Fructose in alkaline medium undergoes reversible isomerisation(Lobry-debruyn-van ekenstein rearrangement) to give a mixture of glucose,fructose and mannose.∴fructose gives postive Tollen's,Fehling's and Benedict's test;
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