Differentiate between aldose and Ketose ?
Aldose: This is a type of monosaccharide that contains an aldehyde group on its carbon skeleton. Generally, there is one aldehyde group per each monosaccharide molecule. The aldehyde group is a reactive chemical group denoted as (-CH=O). The chemical formula of aldose is written as Cn(H2O)n.
Ketose: Ketose is a type of monosaccharide where the carbon skeleton contains a ketone group.he ketone group is a reactive chemical group denoted as (-C=O). The simplest form of ketose is the sugar molecule made up of three Carbon atoms, the middle on with the ketone group. Just as aldoses, ketoses also have many stereogenic centres within the Carbon chain.
