Which of the following does not reduce Benedict's solution?

Which of the following does not reduce Benedict's solution?
  1. Glucose
  2. Fructose
  3. Sucrose
  4. Aldehyde

Solution

Sucrose, being a non-reducing sugar, does not reduce Benedict's solution. Remember that fructose has an $\alpha$ -hydroxy ketonic group, which is also reducing group (different from ordinary ketonic group) ,

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