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प्रश्न
Account for the following:
There are 5 OH groups in glucose
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उत्तर
Acetylation of glucose with acetic anhydride gives glucose pentaacetate which confirms the presence of five –OH groups. Since it exists as a stable compound, five –OH groups should be attached to different carbon atoms.
\[\begin{array}{cc}
\phantom{...}\ce{CHO}\phantom{...................}\ce{CHO}\phantom{....}\phantom{}\ce{O}\phantom{.........}\\
\phantom{..}|\phantom{.......................}|\phantom{}\phantom{........}||\phantom{........}\\
\phantom{}\ce{(CHOH)4 ->[Acetic anhydride] (CH-O-C-CH3)4}\\
\phantom{..........................}\ce{O}\\
\phantom{..}|\phantom{.......................}|\phantom{.}\phantom{........}||\phantom{........}\\
\phantom{}\ce{CH2OH}\phantom{................}\ce{CH2-O-C-CH3}\phantom{}
\end{array}\]
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संबंधित प्रश्न
How many moles of acetic anhydride will be required to form glucose pentaacetate from 2M of glucose?
(a) 2
(b) 5
(c) 10
(d) 2.5
Maltose is a
(a) Polysaccharide
(b) Disaccharide
(c) Trisaccharide
(d) Monosaccharide
Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate word/words from those given in the brackets:
(iodoform, acetaldehyde, positive, greater, acidic, acetone, disaccharide, negative, increases, glucose, decreases, chloroform, polysaccharide, lactose, lesser, basic, cationic hydrolysis, anionic hydrolysis)
Sucrose is a _________ and yields upon hydrolysis, a mixture of ________ and fructose.
The following compound can be called as:

Acetylation of glucose yields ____________.
Which one of the following compounds is different from the rest?
Which is the least stable form of glucose?
Account for the following:
What happens when D – glucose is treated with the following reagents
Bromine water
Glucose with excess of phenyl hydrazine forms ______.
Give a reason for the following observations:
Penta-acetate of glucose does not react with hydroxylamine.
