Maltose

Maltose, or malt sugar, is a disaccharide formed by a dehydration reaction between two glucose molecules.

Maltose is made from two glucose monomers connected by a glycosidic bond. The 6-membered ring form of glucose is made of carbons 1 to 5, with oxygen between carbon 1 and carbon 5. The OH groups at carbons 2 and 4 point down. The O H groups at carbons 1 and 3, and the C H 2 O H group at carbon 5, point up. The glycosidic bond goes from carbon 1 in glucose 1, to oxygen, to carbon 4 in glucose 2.

Figure 1: Chemical structure of maltose.

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