Carbohydrates can exist as hemiacetals, and acetals. For example, Lactose (conta

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Carbohydrates can exist as hemiacetals, and acetals. For example, Lactose (contains both, a hemiacetal and acetal structure), or Sucrose (acetal structure).

a)Name 3 experiments you can use to distinguish between hemiacetals and acetals. Describe one of these experiments in detail with the reaction equation(s) and the observation.

b)Will you see a difference in the observation if you perform this experiment on glucose and fructose? Justify your answer and describe the difference if there is one.

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a) benedict

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