What is the difference between and aldose and a ketose?
Give an example of each?

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What is the difference between and aldose and a ketose? Give an example of each?..

Answer / guest

An aldose (glucose) has an aldehyde group, a ketose
(fructose) has a ketone group.

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What is the difference between and aldose and a ketose? Give an example of each?..

Answer / rohan

An aldose is also called the aldosugar and has a functional
group of an aldehyde group. Examples are glucose and
glyceraldehyde.

While a ketose is also called the ketosugar and has a
functional group of of a keto group. Examples are fructose
and dihydroxyacetone.

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