Benedicts solution in a acidic medium (by accident!)

[mahela007]

Hi.. This is my first post on these forums.
I wad doing the test for reducing sugars using Benedicts reagent. To test for sucrose, the solution should be heated with HCl, and neutralized with a base before benedicts reagent is added.
I forgot to neutralize with the base.
How does benedicts reagent behave in an acidic medium? Will it still indicate the presence of reducingsugars?

[JackBean]

Well, I found only, that it's composed from sodium citrate and carbonate and copper sulphate, nothing about HCl, which would relase CO2 from the solution, so I don't know...

My guess is that the basic enviroment is needed in order to precipitate the Cu(I) oxide, which could stay dissolved in acidic solution as some salt.

[jwalin]

the last part of the jackbean's post is what i think

but the base is used only to nuetralise the acid not make the solution basic