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Reaction of glucose acetal with acetic anhydride

The following problem was asked in JEE Mains 2020 (Sept 2, Shift 1), Consider the following reactions: $\ce{ (i) Glucose + ROH ->[dry HCl] Acetal ->[$x$ eq. of (CH3CO)2O] acetyl derivative }$ $\...
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Ambiguous nature of aldehydic group in glucose

In aqueous solution, α-anomer and β-anomer of glucose remain in equilibrium with each other along with a small amount of glucose in open chain form ($0.02~\%$). The open chain form in ...
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