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Glucose oxidizes very quickly, and creates a silver mirror layer between the glucose solution and the Tollens' reagent. This is because of how the ketose reacts and reduces the silver molecules in Tollen's reagent.

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What is a positive result for the fehlings test?

A positive result for the Fehling's test indicates the presence of a reducing sugar such as glucose or fructose in the solution. This is shown by the formation of a brick-red precipitate when the Fehling's reagent is added and heated with the sugar solution.


If benedicts reagent turns red what substance is present?

If Benedict's reagent turns red after adding it to a solution, it indicates the presence of reducing sugars such as glucose or fructose. The red color is a result of the reduction of copper (II) ions in the reagent to copper (I) oxide by the reducing sugars.


What happens when Fehling's solution is mixed with sucrose?

The sucrose does not react with Fehling's reagent. Sucrose is a disaccharide of glucose and fructose. Most disaccharides are reducing sugars, sucrose is a notable exception, for it is a non-reducing sugar. The anomeric carbon of glucose is involved in the glucose- fructose bond and hence is not free to form the aldehyde in solution.


Why does sucrose not react to Benedicts when glucose and fructose its components do?

Fructose and glucose are joined by their glycosidic bond in such a way as to prevent the glucose isomerizing to aldehyde, or the fructose to alpha-hydroxy-ketone form. This stops it reacting to Benidict's reagent. However sucrose indirectly produces a positive result with Benedict's reagent if heated with dilute hydrochloric acid prior to the test, although after this treatment it is no longer sucrose. ;-)


What chemical formula for Fehlings reagent?

The Fehling A solution contain copper sulfate.The Fehling B solution contain sodium potassium tartrate and sodium hydroxide.


What reagent is used to detect glucose in a solution?

The Benedict's reagent is commonly used to detect the presence of glucose in a solution. This reagent changes color from blue to green, yellow, orange, or red, depending on the amount of glucose present.


What is the result of the seliwanoff test if the solution contains both fructsoe and glucose?

the glucose would remain yellow which is the initial colour of the seliwanoff's reagent. the fructose however being a ketose forms a furfural because of the HCL present in the seliwanoff reagent and reacts with the resorcinol to give a red cherry or pink colour.


What biomolecule turns Benedict's solution purple?

Reducing sugars, such as glucose and fructose, can turn Benedict's solution purple upon heating. Benedict's solution is a chemical reagent used to test for the presence of reducing sugars in a given sample.


Will whole milk react with benedict's reagent?

No, whole milk will not react with Benedict's reagent because milk does not contain reducing sugars like glucose or fructose, which are necessary for the reaction with Benedict's reagent to occur. Benedict's reagent is used to test for the presence of reducing sugars in a solution.


How do you differentiate between glucose solution and sucrose solution?

One way is by polarimeter; glucose and sucrose rotate polarized light in opposite directions. This is assuming your materials are of biological origin and therefore consist of the D-forms of both; if they're synthetic, then all bets are off.


Why ketone do not react with Fehlings solution and Tollens reagent?

Ketones do not react with Fehling's solution or Tollens' reagent because they lack the free aldehyde group necessary for these reactions to occur. Both Fehling's solution and Tollens' reagent depend on the presence of the aldehyde group to participate in redox reactions that lead to the formation of a colored precipitate. Without this aldehyde group, ketones do not undergo these reactions.


After hydrolysis did sucrose give a positive test with fehlings test why orwhy not?

Sucrose would not give a positive test with Fehling's reagent after hydrolysis because sucrose is a non-reducing sugar. During hydrolysis, sucrose is broken down into its monosaccharide components (glucose and fructose), which are reducing sugars and can react with Fehling's reagent to give a positive test for reducing sugars.