Assignment:
Q1) How can you distinguish chemically between starch and three other carbohydrates (sucrose, glucose, & lactose)?
2) What would you expect to observe when adding one drop of iodine-potassium iodine reagent to each of the four carbohydrates?
3) How does Benedict's Reagent distinguish between carbohydrates?
4) When adding 5 drops of Benedict's reagent to 2 mL each of the above four carbohydrates and setting the test tubes in a hot water bath for 1-2 minutes, would you expect to see any color change and if so, what color and in which ones?
Provide complete and step by step solution for the question and show calculations and use formulas.