A known artificial sweetener X is composed of 4-chloro-4-deoxy-$\alpha$-D-galactose and 1,6-dichloro-1,6-dideoxy-$\beta$-D-fructose joined by a glycosidic linkage. [width=0.5\linewidth]{C4.1.png} Structure of D-galactose is given below: [width=0.5\linewidth]{C4.2.png}

Carbohydrates are essential for life in both plants and animals. Carbohydrates are used as storage molecules as starch in plants and glycogen in animals. Chemically, they are polyhydroxy aldehydes or ketones. On the basis of their behavior on hydrolysis, carbohydrates are classified as monosaccharides, oligosaccharides, and polysaccharides.
All monosaccharides are reducing sugars, i.e., they are oxidized by Tollens' reagent and Fehling’s solution. A monosaccharide like glucose is an aldose, and its molecular formula was found to be C₆H₁₂O₆. After reacting with different reagents like HI, H₂N–OH, Bromine water, (CH₃)₂O, etc., its structure was found to contain one aldehyde group, one primary alcoholic group (–CH₂OH), and four secondary alcoholic groups (>CHOH).
Despite having the aldehyde group, glucose does not give some of the reactions of aldehyde groups like Schiff’s test or NaHSO₃ addition. This explains the existence of glucose in two cyclic hemiacetal forms, which differ only in the configuration of the hydroxyl group at C–1.

A known artificial sweetener X is composed of 4-chloro-4-deoxy-$\alpha$-D-galactose and 1,6-dichloro-1,6-dideoxy-$\beta$-D-fructose joined by a glycosidic linkage.

Structure of D-galactose is given below:

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A known artificial sweetener X is composed of 4-chloro-4-deoxy-$\alpha$-D-galactose and 1,6-dichloro-1,6-dideoxy-$\beta$-D-fructose joined by a glycosidic linkage. Structure of D-galactose is given below: