Sucrose

Sucrose is the common chemical name for table sugar. Sucrose is a disaccharide; each molecule of sucrose consists of two "simple sugars" (monosaccharides).

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Sucrose is a covalently bonded compound. A glucose residue and a fructose residue are linked by an 1→2-α,β-glycosidic bond. Sucrose's empirical formula is C12H22O11, and its systematic name is α-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→2)-β-D-fructofuranoside.

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( α(1-2) pronounced alpha-one-two )

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