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Interpretation:
The acetal or hemiacetal grouping of gentiobiose, reducing or nonreducing property of gentiobiose and the link between two monosaccharides has to be determined.
Concept introduction:
Reducing sugar: Sugars that contain
Anomeric position is carried by a
Anomeric position is carried by an alkoxy group for acetal sugars.
Hemiacetal sugars are in equilibrium with their open chain form.
Acetal sugars are not in equilibrium with their open chain form.
The linkage between monosaccharides in a disaccharide is referred to as a glycosidic linkage. Two
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