= Fructose
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<Fructose> is a six-carbon <ketose> <monosaccharide> with the same <molecular formula> as <glucose>, but different connectivity in the open-chain form. In aqueous <chemical solution>, <fructose> occurs mainly in cyclic forms.
<Fructose> supplies one of the two sugar units in <sucrose> and is the repeating building block of many <fructans>. These examples distinguish a free <monosaccharide> from its residues inside larger <carbohydrates>.<Organic Chemistry by John McMurry/25.1 Classification of Carbohydrates>[Classification of monosaccharides]{ref}
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