Glucose and Its Properties

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Glucose and Its Properties: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Cyclic Structure of Glucose, Open Chain Structure of Glucose, Epimers of Glucose, Anomers of Glucose, Pyranose Structure of Glucose, Chemical Properties of Glucose and, Acetylation of Glucose

Important Questions on Glucose and Its Properties

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The products obtained on hydrolysis of sucrose are:

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What are the products formed when D-glucose is reacted with the following species?

(i) HI/red P

(ii) Bromine water

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Which of the following reactions and facts of D-glucose cannot be explained by its open chain structure?

(i) Despite having the aldehyde group, glucose does not give Schiff test and 2, 4-DNP test.

(ii) Glucose does not react with sodium hydrogen sulphite to form addition product.

(iii) The pentaacetate of glucose does not react with hydroxyl amine showing the absence of free-CHO group.

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The reagent which forms crystalline osazone derivative when reacted with glucose is

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Rapid inter conversion of α-D-Glucose and β-D-Glucose in solution is known as

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C6H12O6373KHI/Red PA+B

The products A and B respectively are

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C6H12O6373KHI/Red PA+B

The products A and B respectively are

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Which of the following will form the same osazone when treated with excess of phenylhydrazine?

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Glucose on treatment with excess of phenyl hydrazine gives

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Formation of α and β methyl glucosides by glucose, on heating with CH3OH ,in presence of dry HCl gas indicates the presence of a/an

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C6H12O6373KHI/Red PA+B

The products A and B respectively are

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Hydrolysis of sucrose gives:

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Name the reagent which on reaction with glucose confirms the presence of five hydroxyl groups in glucose:

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Starch, when boiled with dilute sulphuric acid under high pressure, gives the compound A. On prolonged heating with hydroiodic acid, A gives compound B. What is the compound B?

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Which of the following statement is not true about glucose?
 

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Total number of atoms in ring of pyranose are:

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Which of the following reactions of glucose can be explained only by its cyclic structure?

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The incorrect statement among the following is

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In α-D-Glucose, the anomeric carbon is at :

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Which of the following compound will reduce Tollen's reagent?