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Questions
Write the reaction involved when D-glucose is treated with the following reagent:
(CH3CO)2O
Write the reaction when D-glucose reacts with the following:
Acetic anhydride
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Solution
\[\begin{array}{cc}
\phantom{.}\ce{CHO}\phantom{........................................}\ce{CHO}\phantom{...................}\\
|\phantom{...............................................}|\phantom{......................}\\
\phantom{.....................}\ce{(CHOH)4 + \underset{Acetic anhydride}{5(CH3CO)2O}->(CHOCOCH3)4 + 5CH3COOH}\\
|\phantom{...............................................}|\phantom{......................}\\
\phantom{...}\ce{\underset{\text{D-glucose}}{CH2OH}}\phantom{...................................}\ce{CH2O-C-CH3}\phantom{....}\\
\phantom{..................................................}||\\
\phantom{..................................................}\ce{\underset{\text{Glucose penta acetate}}{O}}
\end{array}\]
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\[\begin{array}{cc}
\ce{C6H12O6 ->[Acetic anhydride] A}\\
\downarrow \text{Conc. nitric acid}\phantom{...}\\
\ce{B}\phantom{.................}\end{array}\]
