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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: Disaccharides, Tetrasaccharides, Trisaccharides, Sucrose, Sucralose, Trehalose, Inulin, Lactulose, Galactooligosaccharides, Glycan, Sucralfate, Fructooligosaccharide, Oligosaccharide nomenclature, Acarbose, Maltose, Idraparinux, Maltitol, Isomalt, Lactitol, Raffinose, Isomaltulose, Sialyl lewis x, Isomaltose, Turanose, Framycetin, Neohesperidose, Sucrose octaacetate, Rutinose, Stachyose, Nigerose, Melezitose, Lactobionic acid, Maltotriose, Gentiobiose, Cellobiose, Laminaribiose, Nod factor, Allolactose, 3alpha-Mannobiose, Sialyl lewis a, 2alpha-Mannobiose, Glycosyl, Kojibiose, Sucrose acetate isobutyrate, Tetragalacturonic acid hydroxymethylester, Xylobiose, Sambubiose, Melibiose, Sophorose, Melibiulose, Chitobiose. Excerpt: Sucrose is the organic compound commonly known as table sugar and sometimes called saccharose. A white, odorless, crystalline powder with a sweet taste, it is best known for its role in human nutrition. The molecule is a disaccharide derived from glucose and fructose with the molecular formula C12H22O11. About 150,000,000 tonnes (metric tons) are produced annually. Sucrose is a molecule with five stereocenters and many sites that are reactive or can be reactive. The molecule exists as a single isomer. In sucrose, the components glucose and fructose are linked via an ether bond between C1 on the glucosyl subunit and C2 on the fructosyl unit. The bond is called a glycosidic linkage. Glucose exists predominantly as two isomeric "pyranoses" ( and ), but only one of these forms the links to the fructose. Fructose itself exists as a mixture of "furanoses," each of which has and isomers, but again only one particular isomer links to the glucosyl unit. What is notable about sucrose is that unlike most disaccharides, the glycosidic bond is formed between the reducing ends of both glucose and fructo...
