Write a simple rule that will tell a person how many water molecule will be lost while putting monosaccharides together to form polysaccharide?

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Maximus Patel

6 August, 13:06

Write a simple rule that will tell a person how many water molecule will be lost while putting monosaccharides together to form polysaccharide?

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Ashtyn Lamb · Answer 1

For hydrolysis to monosaccharides, one molecule of a disaccharide needs only one molecule of water. C12H22O11 (sucrose) + H2O = C6H12O6 (glucose) + C6H12O6 (fructose) Structurally, a disaccharide molecule may be viewed as a product formed by the condensation of two molecules of monosaccharides with the elimination of a water molecule. So, only one H2O molecule is needed for the reverse process.