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If you need for sugar (glucose) -

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C-H

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H- C-OH

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OH- C-H + Cu (complex)2+ +2 OH- ----->

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H-C-OH

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H-C-OH

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CH2OH

O

C- O-

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H- C-OH

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OH- C-H + Cu2O (precipitate)

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H-C-OH

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H-C-OH

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CH2OH

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11y ago

Sugar + Alkali -------> enediols

CuSO4 -------> Cu++ and SO4--

Enediols + Cu++ --------> Cu+

Cu+ and OH- --------> CuOH heat -----> CuO (ppt) qualitative

Cu+ and OH- ---------> CuOH heat+SCN --------> CuSCN (white ppt)Quantitative

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CuSO4 (cupric ions) + reducing substance => Cu2O (cuprous ions) + oxidized substance

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benedicts solution is a mixture of sodium carbonate,trisodium citrate dihydrate and copper sulphate pentahydrate.

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R-CHO + 2Cu2+ + 4OH- ----------> R-COOH + Cu2O + 2H2O

where R is the group attached to the aldehyde (CHO)

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