Monosaccharides can be categorized in terms of thenumber of carbon atoms (pentoses have five carbons andhexoses have six carbons) and according to whether theycontain an aldehyde (aldo- prefix, as in aldopentose) orketone group (keto- prefix, as in ketopentose). Classify glucoseand fructose in this way.

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Monosaccharides can be categorized in terms of the
number of carbon atoms (pentoses have five carbons and
hexoses have six carbons) and according to whether they
contain an aldehyde (aldo- prefix, as in aldopentose) or
ketone group (keto- prefix, as in ketopentose). Classify glucose
and fructose in this way.

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And fructose looks like this:

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