Chemistry (including Biochemistry)/SUCROSE

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Expert: - 12/14/2005


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Could you maybe explain the reaction for me? I am only a culinary student with minimal understnding of chemistry. thank you.
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Question -
What about sugar (sucrose)chemical make up makes it hygroscopic?
Answer -
OH groups and hydrogen bonding (lots of info on the web about hydrogen bonding).

Answer
It is not a reaction, it is an interaction.  A picture is found here (ignore the text).  The reds are oxygen atoms, white - hydrogen, and black carbon.

http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/water/inos.html

Here is another with some explanation.

http://www.personal.kent.edu/~cearley/ChemWrld/sugarwater/sugar.htm

And another

http://www.800mainstreet.com/9/0009-002-process.html

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