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A compound with molecular mass 180 is acylated with CH3COCl to get a compound with molecular mass 390. The number of amino groups present per molecule of the former compound is:

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12 Years ago
-OH groups of carbohydrates get acylated -COOCH3
So number of -OH groups are\frac{390-180}{42}=5
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