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Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : Sucrose is a disaccharide and a non-reducing sugar.
Reason (R) : Sucrose involves glycosidic linkage between $C_{1}$ of $β$ -glucose and $C_{2}$ of $α$ -fructose.
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

(A) is true but (R) is false

Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the true explanation of (A)

(A) is false but (R) is true

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the true explanation of (A)

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Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : Sucrose is a disaccharide and a non-reducing sugar.
Reason (R) : Sucrose involves glycosidic linkage between

C_{1}

β

-glucose and

C_{2}

α

-fructose.
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In sucrose two monosaccharides are joined together by an oxide linkage formed by loss of water molecule. Such linkage through oxygen atom is called glycosidic linkage. In sucrose linkage in between

C_{1}

α

-glucose and

C_{2}

β

-fructose. Since the reducing group of glucose & fructose are involved in glycosidic bond formation, sucrose is non reducing sugar.

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Question Text	Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A) : Sucrose is a disaccharide and a non-reducing sugar. Reason (R) : Sucrose involves glycosidic linkage between $C_{1}$ of $β$ -glucose and $C_{2}$ of $α$ -fructose. Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
Topic	Biomolecules
Subject	Chemistry
Class	Class 12
Answer Type	Text solution:1
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