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Question
Write chemical reaction for following conversions
glucose into gluconic acid
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Solution
Glucose gets oxidised to a six carbon monocarboxylic acid called gluconic acid on reaction with bromine water which is a mild oxidizing agent.
\[\begin{array}{cc}
\phantom{}\ce{CHO}\phantom{...................}\ce{COOH}\phantom{.}\\
\phantom{}|\phantom{.......................}|\phantom{......}\\
\phantom{}\ce{(CHOH)4 + [O] ->[Br2 water]\phantom{}(CHOH)4}\phantom{}\\
\phantom{}|\phantom{.......................}|\phantom{......}\\
\phantom{..}\ce{\underset{\text{Glucose}}{CH2OH} \phantom{...............}\underset{\text{Gluconic acid}}{CH2OH}}\phantom{}
\end{array}\]
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