Q. An organic compound answers Molisch’s test as well as Benedict‘s test. But it doesn’t answer Scliwanoff‘s test. Most probably, it is

A) Sucrose
B) Protein
C) Fructose
D) Maltose
Explanation

(d)
Maltose gives Molisch’s test as well as Benedict’s test but it doesn’t give wine red colour, on heating with a few crystals of resorcinol and conc. HCl (Scliwanoff’s test). Sucrose and fructose give this test.

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