3. The compound 5-hydroxymethyl furfural forms while heating or cooking sugar-containing foods. དང།།སྤུ་ -OH OH 5 hydroxymethyl furfural a. Draw arrow-pushing mechanism for the dehydration of fructose under acidic conditions (use H-A). b. What is the driving force for this reaction?

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3. The compound 5-hydroxymethyl furfural forms while heating or cooking sugar-containing
foods.
དང།།སྤུ་
-OH
OH
5 hydroxymethyl furfural
a. Draw arrow-pushing mechanism for the dehydration of fructose under acidic conditions (use
H-A).
b. What is the driving force for this reaction?
Transcribed Image Text:3. The compound 5-hydroxymethyl furfural forms while heating or cooking sugar-containing foods. དང།།སྤུ་ -OH OH 5 hydroxymethyl furfural a. Draw arrow-pushing mechanism for the dehydration of fructose under acidic conditions (use H-A). b. What is the driving force for this reaction?
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