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When glucose is reduced with sodium amalgam in aqueous solution, it gives

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Important Questions on Biomolecules

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The open-chain structure of D(+) glucose could not explain the
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Mutarotation is the change of specific rotation of aqueous solution of:

(a) β- glucose from +19.2° to +52.5°.

(b) α- glucose from +111° to +52.5°.

(c) a sucrose from dextrorotatory to laevorotatory.

 

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Glucose+5(CH3CO)2OX+5 molecules of acetic acid. The increase in molecular mass of glucose on forming 'X'in the above reaction is
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CH2OH(CHOH)4CHO+HCNX

Identify the compound X in the above reaction?

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Number of enantiomeric pairs of cyclic form of fructose is
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Presence of glucose cannot be tested by
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The fructose molecule in sucrose exists as
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Glycogen is branched chain polymer of α-D-glucose units in which chain is formed by C1-C4 glycosidic linkage where branching occurs by formation of C1-C6 glycosidic linkage. Structure of glycogen is similar to