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• Sucrose (cane sugar)DOES NOT react with Benedict’s solution.
• Sucrose molecules consist of a pair of molecules joined together.
• Sucrose can be split into two smaller molecules by the process of hydrolysis.
• Each of these smaller molecules will react with Benedict’s solution.
• Hydrolysis can be carried out by heating a solution of sucrose with dilute hydrochloric acid.
• An enzyme will also carry out the hydrolysis, at a lower temperature.
• Benedict’s solution can react only in alkaline solution.
• Sodium hydrogencarbonate can be used to neutralise dilute hydrochloric acid.
PLZ KEEP THIS IN MIND!
• Sucrose molecules consist of a pair of molecules joined together.
• Sucrose can be split into two smaller molecules by the process of hydrolysis.
• Each of these smaller molecules will react with Benedict’s solution.
• Hydrolysis can be carried out by heating a solution of sucrose with dilute hydrochloric acid.
• An enzyme will also carry out the hydrolysis, at a lower temperature.
• Benedict’s solution can react only in alkaline solution.
• Sodium hydrogencarbonate can be used to neutralise dilute hydrochloric acid.
PLZ KEEP THIS IN MIND!