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Write short notes on lactose and maltose.

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Hint : Lactose and maltose are reducing disaccharides having only one of their two anomeric carbons involved in the glycosidic linkage and the other is free and can change to an open chain form with an aldehyde group. Lactose and maltose are also isomers as they have the same chemical formula C12H22O11 but they have different chemical structures.

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Lactose: Lactose has one galactose carbohydrate and one glucose carbohydrate. They are bound together with the help of a β14 glycosidic bond. It is a reducing sugar because it has a free hemiacetal hydroxide. It is the main ingredient in the milk of all the mammals. It is not sweet to taste. In the structure of lactose, there is one difference between galactose and glucose. The fourth carbon of galactose has a different orientation in galactose than in sucrose. The structure of lactose is given below:
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Maltose: Two glucose monosaccharide molecules are bound together in maltose. There is a α14 link between the first carbon atom glucose and the fourth carbon of another glucose molecule. One mole of maltose gives two moles of D-glucose on acid catalyzed hydrolysis. It has a free hemiacetal hydroxide. So it can undergo mutarotation also. It can exist as αMaltose and βMaltose . Due to this reason, it gives positive tests with tollens and benedict's reagent. The structure of maltose is as follows:
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Note :
Disaccharides are also called double sugars or boises. The sugar formed when two monosaccharides are linked together by a glycosidic linkage is called a disaccharide. They are simple sugars that are soluble in water. Sucrose, lactose and maltose are common disaccharides.


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