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Question : 15
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Write the reactions showing the presence of following in the open structure of glucose:
(i) an aldehyde group
(ii) a primary alcohol
(i) an aldehyde group
(ii) a primary alcohol
Solution:
(i) An aldehyde group: On reduction with sodium amalgam and water, the aldehydic group is reduced to primary alcohol.
(ii) A primary alcohol: (with nitric acid)
(ii) A primary alcohol: (with nitric acid)
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