Has anyone ever tried C6-H12-O6?

[EstimatedProphet]

Sweet...

[LastKnight]

1. uuuuuh....

bingo?

you sunk my battleship?

YATZEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

-LK

[TXlib]

2. Yep, good ole glucose...

[DrWeird]

7. hexose.

Could be any of a number.

[salinen]

3. All the time

I never use C12 H24 O12.

[jmowreader]

8. Where would you get C12-H24-O12?

The reaction that gets us maltose (two glucose molecules), lactose (one glucose, one galactose) or sucrose (one glucose, one fructose) is;

2 (C6-H12-O6) -> 1 (C12-H22-O11) + 1 (H2O)

because monosaccharides are "stable" molecules; all of their valences are closed, making them happy the way they are. To bond two monosaccharides into a disaccharide, you have to dump a few atoms--the water molecule out at the end of the reaction.

[jmowreader]

4. I prefer C12-H22-O11

C6-H12-O6 is much more expensive, and not as sweet.

[EstimatedProphet]

5. Seriously? That's interesting.

I am no chemist, but in the back of my mind I have always figured that the simpler sugars would be sweeter.

[jmowreader]

10. There's more sweetening power in the bigger molecule

At least that's how they put it to me...

You can prove it to yourself. Get some glucose from any pharmacy. Then get your sugar bowl. Take two glasses of tea or cups of coffee. Add the number of spoonfuls of table sugar (the disaccharide) you normally add to one drink, then the same number of spoonfuls of glucose to the other. Drink some. The glucose-flavored one won't be sweet enough.

[EstimatedProphet]

14. I'll have to try that. Sounds interesting. N/T

[SarahB]

6. My mitochondria seem to enjoy it.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

9. I could use some C2-H6-O right now.

Work = boring

[Fovea]

11. Sadly,

I am diabetic.

[jukes]

12. i prefer

C4H6N4O12




tastee!


:nuke:

[Liberal Classic]

13. The four food groups are

Glucose, fructose, sucrose, and galactose.