Q. Which of the following is ketohexose?

A) Glucose
B) Sucrose
C) Fructose
D) Ribose
Explanation

(c)
The term hexose refers to the presence of six carbon atoms and term keto shows the presence of ketonic group. Thus, the compound which contains 6 C atoms and one > C = O group is called ketoheoxse. Among the given only glucose and fructose are six C compounds. Out of them, glucose contains an aldehyde group while fructose contains a ketonic group. Hence, the example of ketohexose is fructose.

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