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Disaccharides

Question

Statement 1: Maltose is a reducing sugar which gives two moles of D-glucose on hydrolysis.
Statement 2: Maltose has 1,4- $β$ -glycosidic linkage.

Moderate

A

Both statements 1 and 2 are correct
B

Statements 1 is correct and statement 2 is incorrect
C

Statement 1 is incorrect and statement 2 is correct
D

Both statements 1 and 2 are incorrect

Solution

On hydrolysis one mole of maltose yields two moles of D-glucose. It is a reducing sugar. The two glucose units are linked through $α$ -glycosidic linkage between c- I of one unit and the C-4 of another.

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