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MHT CET Chemistry question

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α-D-glucose and β-D-glucose have a specific rotation of and respectively. In aqueous solution the rotation becomes . This process is called :

Answer: (C)

Solution

The spontaneous change in specific rotation of a freshly prepared sugar solution to an equilibrium value (+52.5°) through interconversion of the α and β anomers is mutarotation; inversion

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