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, Pyranose Structure of Glucose, Anomers 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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Rapid inter conversion of α-D-Glucose and β-D-Glucose in solution is known as

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The glucose forms penta acetate due to the presence of five _____ group. (hydroxy/ carbonyl)

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The number of acetic anhydride involved in the acetylation of glucose is _____.

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Starch is hydrolysed in presence of sulphuric acid to obtain _____.

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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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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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Total number of atoms in ring of pyranose are:

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Glucose on reduction with NaBH4 gives

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α-D glucose and β-D glucose are :-

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Which of the following will give different osazone than the other three?

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The _____ form of glucose is optically inactive.

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What compound will be obtained when glucose is reduced with Na/Hg and water?

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On reduction of glucose with Na/Hg and water gives?

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The solution of D- glucose provides two forms of D- glucopyranose which are called as: