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A Dehydration Synthesis Reaction Between Glucose (C₆H₁₂O₆)and Fructose (C₆H₁₂O₆)produces a Molecule

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A dehydration synthesis reaction between glucose (C₆H₁₂O₆) and fructose (C₆H₁₂O₆) produces a molecule of sucrose (C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁) .Why don't the two individual molecular formulae add up to the same number of atoms in the sucrose product?


A) Oxygen must be burned/consumed during the reaction.
B) In a dehydration reaction,a water molecule (H2O) is removed from the final molecule formed.
C) In a dehydration reaction,a water molecule (H2O) is added to the final molecule formed.
D) Hydrogen must be burned/consumed during the reaction.

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