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What is the IUPAC name of glucose?

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The Scientific name for simple sugars is Monosaccharides, complex sugars are known as Disaccharides.

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Another name for glucose is called blood sugar or dextrose.

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The chemical name of glucose is (2R,3S,4R,5R)-2,3,4,5,6-Pentahydroxyhexanal.

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Glucose is the scientific name for blood sugar. Fructose is fruit sugar. Sucrose is plant sugar. When you eat fructose or sucrose, it turns to glucose in your body.

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C6H12O6

c=carbon, h=hydrogen, and o=oxygen

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12y ago

Glucose is the chemical name.

If you mean the systematic name, it's (2R,3S,4R,5R)-2,3,4,5,6-pentahydroxyhexanal.

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11y ago

(3S, 4R, 5R)-1,3,4,5,6-pentahydroxy-2-hexanone

This is the straight chain name, not haiworth or chair. The ketone takes priority.

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The Chemical Name is C6h12o6

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2,3,4,5,6-pentaol hexanal

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