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  • Glucose Disaccharide Formation: Products and Reaction
    When two molecules of glucose are joined together by a dehydration reaction, the products are:

    * Maltose (a disaccharide)

    * Water (H₂O)

    Here's why:

    * Dehydration Reaction: This reaction removes a water molecule (H₂O) from the reacting molecules.

    * Glucose: The chemical formula for glucose is C₆H₁₂O₆.

    * Maltose Formation: When two glucose molecules combine, one loses a hydrogen atom (H) and the other loses a hydroxyl group (OH), forming water. The remaining parts of the glucose molecules then join together, forming maltose (C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁).

    The overall reaction can be represented as:

    C₆H₁₂O₆ + C₆H₁₂O₆ → C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁ + H₂O

    (Glucose) + (Glucose) → (Maltose) + (Water)

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