Question

Account for the following:

What happens when D – glucose is treated with the following reagents

Bromine water

Answer 1

$$\begin{array}{c}\phantom{.}\mathrm{CHO}\phantom{..............}\mathrm{COOH}\phantom{..}\\ \phantom{.}|\phantom{..................}|\phantom{.......}\\ \phantom{}(\mathrm{CHOH}){\phantom{A}}_4\stackrel{\mathrm{Br}{\phantom{A}}_2\mathrm{water}}{\to }(\mathrm{CHOH}){\phantom{A}}_4\\ \phantom{.}|\phantom{..................}|\phantom{.......}\\ \phantom{...}\mathrm{CH}{\phantom{A}}_2\mathrm{OH}\phantom{..........}\underset{\mathrm{Gluconic}\mathrm{acid}}{\mathrm{CH}{\phantom{A}}_2\mathrm{OH}}\phantom{..}\end{array}$$