A student examines a structural diagram of a hexose sugar and notices the carbonyl group is located on the second carbon. Which molecule is being observed?
Q1. A student examines a structural diagram of a hexose sugar and notices the carbonyl group is located on the second carbon. Which molecule is being observed?
Answer: Fructose
Explanation: Fructose is a keto-sugar with the carbonyl group on carbon 2, whereas Glucose is an aldo-sugar with the group on carbon 1.