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Question
How are the following conversion brought about? Give equation and condition:
Sucrose to sugar charcoal.
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Solution
Sucrose to sugar charcoal :
Carbohydrates contain carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. Thus sulphuric acid removes hydrogen and oxygen in form of water leaving behind carbon.
\[\ce{C12H22O11 ->[Conc. H2SO4] 12C + 11H2O}\]
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