Cameroon GCE A-Level Food Science & Nutrition Practice Questions - Cameroon General Certificate Of Education Advanced Level Food Science And Nutrition (Subject Code 0740) Exam

Sucrose contains a ketone group that cannot be oxidized by mild alkaline copper reagents. Sucrose has an insoluble crystalline lattice that prevents aqueous hydration of its carbonyl carbons. The glycosidic bond in sucrose links the anomeric carbons of both glucose (C-1) and fructose (C-2), leaving no free hemiacetal or hemiketal group. Sucrose undergoes rapid internal mutarotation that permanently blocks ring opening in basic solutions.