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What is the action of the following reagents on glucose?
hydrogen iodide
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Solution
Glucose gives n-hexane on prolonged heating with hydrogen iodide, HI.
\[\ce{\underset{\text{Glucose}}{CHO(CHOH)4CH2OH} ->[\Delta,HI] \underset{\text{n-Hexane}}{CH3-(CH2)4-CH3}}\]
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