Chemical formula for sucrose

Sucrose or common table sugar is a sweet white cystalline solid often used as a food additive.

The chemical formula for sucrose is C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁ and its molar mass is 342.30 g/mol. The solublity of sucorse in water at 20 °C is 211.5 grams /100 mls.

The structural formula for sucrose is reprented by the following diagram

Sucrose is a made up of the two simple sugars glucose and fructose which are joined togther by a chemical bond known as a glycosidic bond.

Sucrose is a disaccharide sugar. During the digestive process the sucrose molecule is broken down into the two monosaccharides glucose and fructose which can be easily absorbed through the villi of the intenstine.

Sucrose      + water =hydrolysis=> Glucose + Fructose

C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁ +  H₂O =hydrolysis=>  C₆H₁₂O₆ + C₆H₁₂O₆