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D-glucose & D-fructose can be differentiated by :

A
Fehling solution
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B
Tollens reagent
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C
Benedict test
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D
Br2/H2O
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Solution

The correct option is D Br2/H2O
Br2/H2O being a mild oxidising agent can only oxidise aldose to carboxylic acids but cannot oxidise ketose.

As glucose contains aldehyde group it gets oxidised and converted into a carboxylic acid and is differentiate from fructose which has ketone group.

Therefore, the correct option is D.

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