All Questions
4
questions
0
votes
1
answer
410
views
Does changes in pH affects cyclic form of glucose in water solution?
Glucose in water solution is mainly in cyclic form. Both base and acid can catalize formation of hemiacetal, but in distinct mechanisms. I found information that monosacharides eg. glucose exist ...
7
votes
2
answers
3k
views
Oxidation of hydroxyl groups of glucose
In all oxidation reactions of glucose, it seems that the aldehyde group alone gets oxidised and none of the hydroxyl groups. In one reaction with nitric acid, the aldehyde group and the terminal ...
- 103
0
votes
1
answer
705
views
Glycoside Formation Reaction
Whenever we add $\ce{H+}$/ Ethanol to glucose in its hemiacetal form, why doesn't pinacone/pinacolone rearrangement take place in place of nucleophillic substitution. The product would lead to ...
- 1,132
14
votes
1
answer
61k
views
How do you identify reducing / non-reducing sugar by looking at structure?
Identifying reducing / non-reducing sugar been confusing me for a while now , I know that reducing sugar contain aldehyde or ketone group . It's easy to identify them in monosaccharides but this ...
- 685