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Question
Account for the following:
What happens when D – glucose is treated with the following reagents
Bromine water
Solution
\[\begin{array}{cc}
\phantom{.}\ce{CHO}\phantom{..............}\ce{COOH}\phantom{..}\\
\phantom{.}|\phantom{..................}|\phantom{.......}\\
\phantom{}\ce{(CHOH)4 ->[Br2 water] (CHOH)4}\\
\phantom{.}|\phantom{..................}|\phantom{.......}\\
\phantom{...}\ce{CH2OH}\phantom{..........}\ce{\underset{Gluconic acid}{CH2OH}}\phantom{..}
\end{array}\]
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