MHT CET 2024 Chemistry question

Identify the correct statement about glucose from following

(A)It is aldohexoseCorrect
(B)It is nonreducing sugar
(C)It contains three chiral carbon atoms
(D)It ring structure is hemiketal

Answer: (A)

Solution

Glucose, , is : it has six carbons and an aldehyde group, so it is an aldohexose, option (A). (B) is wrong, glucose is a reducing sugar (free aldehyde in the open chain, reduces Tollens' and Fehling's reagents).

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