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The pair of compounds in which both the compounds give positive test with Tollen’s reagent is a. Glucose and Sucrose b. Fructose and Sucrose c. Acetophenone and Hexanal d. Glucose and Fructose The pair of compounds in which both the compounds give positive test with Tollen’s reagent is a. Glucose and Sucrose b. Fructose and Sucrose c. Acetophenone and Hexanal d. Glucose and Fructose

The pair of compounds in which both the compounds give positive test with Tollen’s reagent is
a. Glucose and Sucrose
b. Fructose and Sucrose
c. Acetophenone and Hexanal
d. Glucose and Fructose
The pair of compounds in which both the compounds give positive test with Tollen’s reagent is
a. Glucose and Sucrose
b. Fructose and Sucrose
c. Acetophenone and Hexanal
d. Glucose and Fructose

Grade:6

1 Answers

Kevin Nash
askIITians Faculty 332 Points
9 years ago
(d) Glucose being an aldose responds to Tollen’s test while fructose, although a ketose, undergoes rearrangement in presence of basic medium (provided by Tollen’s reagent) to form glucose, which then responds to Tollen’s test.

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