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Fructose reduces Tollens' reagent due to...

Fructose reduces Tollens' reagent due to `:`

A

asymmetric carbons

B

primary alcoholic group

C

secondary alcoholic group

D

enolisation of fructose followed by conversion to aldehyde by base

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D
In presence of alkali, fructose is converted into mixture of mannose and glucose showing enolisation. Glucose then reduces Tollens' reagent.
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