NEET 2010 Chemistry question
Which one of the following does not exhibit the phenomenon of mutarotation?
Answer: (1)
Solution
Mutarotation is the spontaneous change in optical rotation of a freshly prepared sugar solution due to interconversion of the and anomers through the open-chain form. It requires a free hemiacetal/hemiketal (anomeric) group. Lactose and maltose are reducing disaccharides that each retain a free
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