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Which of the following sugars is a ketose?

A. Mannose
B. Galactose
C. Fructose
D. Glucose

User Onlinogame
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Answer:

Fructose

Step-by-step explanation:

A ketose is a monosaccharide containing one ketone group (RCOR) per molecule.

This means to identify a ketose, one has to look for the ketone group in the structural formuar of the compound.

Mannose - This is an aldose. It contains the aldehyde functional group.

Galactose - This is an aldose. It contains the aldehyde functional group.

Fructose - This is a keose. It contains the Ketone Functional group.

Glucose - This is an aldose. It contains the aldehyde functional group.

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