Question

In the acetylation of glucose, which group is involved in the reaction

Options

• CHO group

• >C = O group

• alcoholic OH group

• all of these

Answer 1

alcoholic OH group

Explanation:

\[\ce{OHC. \underset{Glucose}{(CHOH)4}. CH2OH + \underset{Acetic anhydride}{5Ac2O} ->[ZnCl2] O\underset{\underset{Penta-acetyl glucose}{Glucose penta-acetate or}}{HC. (CHOAc)4. CH2OAc}}\]