Statement -1 : fructose does not contains an aldehyde group but still reduces tollens reagent.
Statement -2 : In presence of dilute solution of alkali fructose undergoes rearrangement to form glucose and mannose.

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Statement -1 : fructose does not contains an aldehyde group but still reduces tollens reagent.

Statement -2 : In presence of dilute solution of alkali fructose undergoes rearrangement to form glucose and mannose.

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Statement-1 is true. Fructose isomerizes to glucose/mannose (aldoses) in alkaline Tollens' reagent, which then reduces it. Statement-2 is also true; this is the Lobry de Bruyn-van Ekenstein transformation.

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