CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Fructose is a simple ketonic monosaccharide. We mostly find fructose in plants and their fruits, flowers and root vegetables, hence earning it a moniker of fruit sugar. It is also abundantly present in honey and corn syrup.

Detailed explanation-2: -Fructose has a ketone functional group and the ring closure occurs from 2nd carbon position.

Detailed explanation-3: -In glucose and galactose, the carbonyl group is on the C1 carbon, forming an aldehyde group. In fructose, the carbonyl group is on the C2 carbon, forming a ketone group. The former sugars are called aldoses based on the aldehyde group that is formed; the latter is designated as a ketose based on the ketone group.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hence, the functional groups in open structure of monosaccharide are hydroxyl, and aldehyde or ketone, while in ring structure it is hemiacetal or hemiketal.