Deduce the structure of the disaccharide trehalose from the following data. Trehalose is

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Deduce the structure of the disaccharide trehalose from the following data. Trehalose is the blood sugar of the insect world. It is found in bacterial spores, fungi, and many insects whose natural environment has large variations in temperature. [1] Hydrolysis yields D-glucose exclusively. [2] Trehalose is hydrolyzed by -glycosidase enzymes. [3] Trehalose is a nonreducing sugar. [4] Methylation with excess CH3I, Ag2O, followed by hydrolysis with H3O+ , forms only one product: CH3O (both anomers) CH3O OCH3 OCH3 OH O

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