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Originally Posted by Jaymoss
Hmmm not quite that simple
C6H12O6 +C6H12O6 = C12H22O11 see who fructose and glucose have the same molecular composition? (you lose some H2O as condensation) jfi I did not know this I looked it up
If you break down everything you get a mixture of elements
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I just pointed out it wasn't a mixture as you implied. A mixture is made from different substances that are not chemically joined. However, sucrose is a disaccharide ie a molecule made up of two monosaccharides a fructose molecule and a glucose molecule but they are chemically bonded in to a third molecule. So as you can see not technically a mixture. I'll sort of give you the it breaks down to a mixture of elements. Someone with more knowledge than me my well explain it better, but I'm just scraping the darkest corners of my memory having grown up with a father who was a FRSC and sort of expected all his children to do chemistry to A level and I was always more interested in inorganic chemistry.