What happens when you mix benedicts solution with glucose

Answer

A brick red precipitate of copper(1)oxide is formed

Explanation

Glucose in this case is a reducing sugar, when mixed with benedict solution,the blue copper (11) ions in the benedict solution is reduced to form copper(1)oxide which forms a red precipitate.The color obtained in this experiment indicates the amount of sugar(glucose) in the solution.When in low amounts greenish precipitate is obtained.In higher amounts, a red precipitate is formed.Yellow and Orange colors indicate an intermediate concentration of glucose.

hydroxyl -oh

alcohols, always polar, can form hydrogen bonds with h2o molecules

carboxyl -cooh  

cargoxylic acids, has acidic properties which is a source of hydrogen ions, found in cells in ionized for with a charge of oh-1

carbonyl > co

ketone if within skeleton, aldehyde if group is at the end of skeleton, k & a may be structural isomers, it determines 2 sugars (ketose & aldose)

amino -nh2

amines, acts as a base, it can pick up h+ ions from surrounding solution, ionized with charge of 1+

methyl ch2

addition to rna/dna affects and gene expression

phosphate -opo3 ²⁻

organic phosphates, contributes to negative charge to, molecule that it is a part of, and potential to react with h20

sulfhydryl -sh

thiols, cross-linking stabilize the protein, and it is structure