Q18Multiple choice
Structure of a disaccharide formed by glucose and fructose is given below. Identify anomeric carbon atoms in monosaccharide units.
- (i)‘a’ carbon of glucose and ‘a’ carbon of fructose.
- (ii)‘a’ carbon of glucose and ‘e’ carbon of fructose.
- (iii)‘a’ carbon of glucose and ‘b’ carbon of fructose.
- (iv)‘f ’ carbon of glucose and ‘f ’ carbon of fructose.
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(iii) ‘a’ carbon of glucose and ‘b’ carbon of fructose.