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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 ...