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Chemical Formula: Glucose Fructose == Viscous yellow liquid. == Honey is primarily fructose and glucose in that order, with a little sucrose (about 1%), and less than 10% other sugars, and about 17% water. The low water content is important to many of honey's properties. It makes it thick, it prevents spoilage, but is enough to keep it liquid. Because there is so little water in honey, microorganisms that encounter honey die as the water in them is removed by osmosis. In addition, as honey is diluted with water, a chemical reaction between glucose, water, and oxygen produces small amounts of hydrogen peroxide and gluconic acid. The slow release of hydrogen peroxide makes honey a mild antiseptic. The acidity of honey also reduces the number of organisms that can live in it. Honey is mostly used as a sweetener, but it has been used to treat wounds and as a preservative.

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Honey does not have it's own molecular formula. However, the predominant components are: The monosaccharides fructose and glucose and the disaccharide sucrose, the major component. The molecular formula for those sugars are: Sucrose; C12H22O11, Glucose; C6H12O6 and Fructose; C6H12O6. As you can see the formula for Glucose and Fructose are identical although the molecules are conformationally very different. In a case where there is confusion, I would certain use the international standardised nomenclature: Iernational Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry nomenclature, shortened to IUPAC. As such, the molecules follow the following nomenclature (name): Sucrose: Sucrose Glucose: 6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane -2,3,4,5-tetrol OR (2R,3R,4S,5R,6R)-6 -(hydroxymethyl)tetrahydro -2H-pyran-2,3,4,5-tetraol Fructose: (2R,3S,4R,5R)-2,5-Bis(hydroxymethyl)oxolane-2,3,4-triol Hope this helps.

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Honey is not a single compound, so it has no symbol. It is a mixture of compounds, many of which are well known, but many other have still not been identified.

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There is none. Honey consists of many different organic compounds. The main chemical components of honey (in percentages) are: Invert sugars 73.31

Sucrose (cane-sugar) 2.63

Dextrin 2.89

Nitrogen substances 1.08

Water 18.96

Ash 0.24

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11y ago

D-fructose and D-glucose, both monosaccharides.

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10y ago

See the link below for the honey composition.

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Honey is a mixture not a compound: the principal components are glucose, fructose, water and maltose.

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Honey is not a chemical compound but a mixture.

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The chemical name for Honey is Fructos

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