Question

How glucose is prepared from cane sugar? Write the formula.

Answer 1

• When sucrose (cane sugar) is cooked diluted $\mathrm{HCl}$ and ${\mathrm{H}}_2{\mathrm{SO}}_4$ in an alcoholic solution, we obtain glucose and fructose in exactly equal proportions.

${\mathrm{C}}_{12}{\mathrm{H}}_{22}{\mathrm{O}}_{11}\left(\mathrm{Sucrose}\right)+{\mathrm{H}}_2\mathrm{O}\to {\mathrm{C}}_6{\mathrm{H}}_{12}{\mathrm{O}}_6\left(\mathrm{Glucose}\right)+{\mathrm{C}}_6{\mathrm{H}}_{12}{\mathrm{O}}_6\left(\mathrm{Fructose}\right)$