CBSE Class 12 Chemistry 2020 Outside Delhi Set 2 Solved Paper

Question : 15 of 16

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Write the reactions showing the presence of following in the open structure of glucose:
(i) an aldehyde group
(ii) a primary alcohol

Solution:

(i) An aldehyde group: On reduction with sodium amalgam and water, the aldehydic group is reduced to primary alcohol.

(ii) A primary alcohol: (with nitric acid)

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