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Grade 12th PassIIT JEE Entrance Exam

how do you explain in the absence of aldehyde group in the pentaacetate of d- glucose

Profile image of pavansi pavansi
13 Years agoGrade 12th Pass
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Profile image of sanjay sanjeev patro
13 Years ago

if we add fehling''s solution to D glucose pentaacetate ,no reaction takes place which show that it does not have free aldehyde group and has cyclic structure.