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Which of the following compounds will behave as a reducing sugar in an aqueous KOH solution?

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Solution

The correct option is A
Sugars that have an aldehyde, a ketone, a hemiacetal or a hemiketal group is able to reduce an oxidizing agent. These sugars are classified as reducing sugars.

Hemiacetal can be reduced by oxidizing agent such as Tollen’s reagent.

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