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what is the correct name of the glycosidic bond in maltose?
Maltose is formed from the condensation of two ring-shaped
glucose molecules.
When two alpha-glucopyranoses are condensed together, the alcohol
group of the first carbon of one alpha-glucopyranose condenses with
the alcohol group of the fourth carbon of the next
alpha-glucopyranose. With one molecule of water removed, the two
alpha-glucopyranoses are linked together. The chemical bond is
called, more precisely, the alpha-1,4-glycosidic bond.

A maltose molecule
If glycosidic bond is formed between two beta-glucopyranose, the
chemical bond is called the beta-1,4 glycosidic bond.
It can be denoted in two forms.
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(2) Glycosidic bonds in sucrose
Sucrose is formed from the condensatioin between a glucose and a
fructose molecule.
The alcohol group of the first carbon of the alpha glucopyranose
condenses with the alcohol group of the second carbon (the carbon
carrying the ketone group) of the alpha fructofuranose to become a
sucrose molecule. Therefore, the chemical bond is called a
alpha-1,2 glycosidic bond.
