Glucose and fructose are monosaccharides that have the same chemical formula, C6H12O6. However, they do not react the same chemically. Which of the following generalizations can explain this?

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anonymous · Answer

you can see the sterogenic structure of both the molecules...the hydogen & oxygen attached to carbons are different..actually glucose is a aldose sugar,means it has a aldehyde(-CHO) group,and fructose is a ketose sugar(-C=O),that is why still having same empirical formula,they are structurally & chemically different.