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The majority would be incorrect. Sucrose is not considered an aldose or a ketose, because it is a disaccharide made from glucose (an aldose) and fructose (a ketose). So, it has both properties within its structure. It is a non-reducing sugar.It is possible that many say sucrose is a ketose because sucrose will fail the Benedict's test, which is designed to detect aldoses.
Seliwanoff's test is used to differentiate aldose [glucose] from ketose [fructose]. Seliwanoff's reagent is composed of resorcinol and HCl. When heated with concentrated hydrochloric acid, the polysaccharides and oligosaccharides hydrolyze to yield monosaccharides. Then, resorcinol reacts in the dehydrated ketose to form oxymethylfurfurol produce a deep cherry red color [red precipitate]. Aldoses produces a faint pink colored solution.
A ketose is a sugar containing one ketone group per molecule. With three carbon atoms, dihydroxyacetone is the simplest of all ketoses and is the only one having no optical activity. Ketoses can isomerize into an aldose when the carbonyl group is located at the end of the molecule. Such ketoses are reducing sugars.
As by the name the reaction they catalyse is to change the chemical compound in its isomeric form or we can use isomerase enzymes in transfer of groups within the molecules to yield isomeric frorms.e.gthe enzyme phosphohexose isomerase catalyzes the reversible isomerization of glucose6-phosphate, an aldose to fructose 6-phosphate, a ketone
As far as I understand, there is no direct correlation between the number of hydrogens and the number of oxygens in a disaccharide. This is because monosaccharides (which form disaccharides) can be very different from one an other. Monosaccharides may be either an aldose or a ketose. These have different heads (aldehyde and ketone) with different numbers of both oxygens and hydrogens. Monosaccharides can also vary in length, which adds to the diversity of oxygen and hydrogen count. So disaccharides can be composed of two aldoses, two ketose, or one of each. Not to mention the possibility of sugar alcohols, sugar esters, deoxy sugars, or other derivatives. All these dynamics makes defining a distinct and simple relationship between H and O atom counts very challenging, if not impossible.
Glucose is an aldose whereas fructose in a ketose. There is a simple qualitative test for distinguishing between D-Glucose and D-Fructose.
Aldose because it has a six members ring
selawinoff's test
Seliwanoff's test is used to distinguish between ketoses and aldoses in carbohydrates. It is based on the reaction of ketoses with resorcinol in concentrated acid to produce a cherry-red color, while aldoses do not give this color change. This test is particularly useful in differentiating fructose (a ketose) from glucose (an aldose).
An aldoside is a glucoside of an aldose.
An aldoheptose is an aldose form of a heptose.
An aldotriose is an aldose with three carbon atoms.
An aldotriose is an aldose with three carbon atoms.
An aldose is also called the aldosugar and has a functional group of an aldehyde group. Examples are glucose and glyceraldehyde. While a ketose is also called the ketosugar and has a functional group of of a keto group. Examples are fructose and dihydroxyacetone.
An aldotetrose is an aldose containing four carbon atoms.
Because sucrose is a complex disaccharide, it is not classified as either an aldose or a ketone. Instead, it is a compound that contains both. It can be easily broken down into its component aldose and ketonic molecules, either during digestion in the body, or through exposure to acids such as those present in lemon juice while cooking.Additionally, sucrose will fail tests such as Benedict's test, which are designed to detect aldose molecules present in its makeup. This is because of its unique, closed-chain type of molecular structure.
Sugars, the test distinguishes between aldose and ketose sugars; the test shows positive for ketose sugars.