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Statement I ; Fructose is a reducing sugarStatement II ; Fructose is a ketose
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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 gives positive Tollen's,Fehling's and Benedict's test;All these reagents oxidise aldehydes to carboxylic acids in alkaline medium;In alkaline medium,fructose undergoes reversible isomerisation(Lobry-debruyn-vanekenstein rearrangement) to give an equilibrium mixture of glucose,fructose and mannose;Thus fructose reduces Tollen's,Fehling's and Benedict's reagents;
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