Question

What happens when Glucose reacts with Nitric acid? Write chemical equation.

Answer 1

When glucose reacts with nitric acid, it gets oxidised to saccharic acid.

\[\begin{array}{cc}
\ce{CHO}\phantom{...........}\ce{COOH}\\
|\phantom{................}|\phantom{......}\\
\ce{(CHOH)4 ->[HNO3] (CHOH)4}\\
|\phantom{................}|\phantom{......}\\
\ce{\underset{Glucose}{(CH2OH)}}\phantom{.......}\ce{\underset{Saccharic acid}{COOH}}\\
\end{array}\]