Question 13.6: Reducing Sugars Why is D-glucose called a reducing sugar?
Reducing Sugars
Why is D-glucose called a reducing sugar?
The aldehyde group with an adjacent hydroxyl of D-glucose is easily oxidized by Benedict’s reagent. A carbohydrate that reduces Cu^{2+} to Cu^{+} is called a reducing sugar.
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