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No, it is not possible to see a single molecule of sugar with the naked eye as it is far too small, even under a microscope. Individual sugar molecules are on the nanometer scale, much smaller than what the human eye can perceive.
A single sugar molecule is a simple carbohydrate composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms. Common examples include glucose and fructose. These molecules are the building blocks of more complex carbohydrates and provide energy to the body.
The chemical formula of sucrose is C12H22O11.
Monosaacharides are one sugar molecules Disaacharides are two sugars Polysaacharides are 3+ sugar molecules. It is important to know the difference if you are taking biochemistry!
One single molecule of a compound will have all the characteristics of a large amount of the compound. A single sugar molecule will look and taste just like a tablespoonful of sugar.
Single sugar molecules are also called monosaccharides.
RNA does not contain sugar like glucose, but is made up of ribose sugar molecules. A single RNA nucleotide contains one ribose sugar molecule.
glucose is a sugar simple sugars like glucose are called monosaccharides mono = one saccharide = sugar
Sugar is really a generic term. If your talking about table sugar which is sucrose- 1 molecule of fructose bounded to 1 molecule of glucose. So one molecule of sucrose is the dimer of 1molecule glucose and 1molecule fructose. The molecular formula of Sucrose is C12H22O11. Watch what you are calling a sugar because there are disaccharides (2sugars like sucrose) and monosaccharides (single sugar like glucose).
The smallest piece that sugar can break into and still be considered sugar is a single sugar molecule. In the case of table sugar (sucrose), this means breaking down into one glucose and one fructose molecule.
The chemical formula of table sugar (sucrose in English language) is:C12H22O11; consequently the sugar molecule contain 12 atoms of carbon, 22 atoms of hydrogen and 11 atoms of oxygen.
A single glucose molecule is known as a monosaccharide. A molecule composed of two glucose / fructose / maltose / galactoses is known as a disaccharide (of which sugar is one), and longer strands of multiples of these monomores are known as polymers / polysaccharides.