Question

Identify the product obtained in the following conversion.

\[\ce{Glucose ->[(O)][Br2 water] Product}\]

विकल्प

• n-hexane

• Gluconic acid

• Saccharic acid

• Glucose cyanohydrine

Answer 1

Gluconic acid

Explanation:

\[\begin{array}{cc}
\ce{CHO}\phantom{...................}\ce{COOH}\phantom{..}\\
|\phantom{........................}|\phantom{.......}\\
\ce{(CHOH)4 + [O] ->[Br2 water] (CHOH)4}\\
|\phantom{........................}|\phantom{.......}\\
\ce{\underset{Glucose}{CH2OH}}\phantom{................}\ce{\underset{Gluconic acid}{CH2OH}}\phantom{}\end{array}\]