JEE Main Chemistry question

When glucose is heated with nitric acid, the product is:

(A)Gluconic acid
(B)Glucaric acidCorrect
(C)Glycolic acid
(D)Oxalic acid

Answer: (B)

Solution

Concentrated nitric acid is a strong oxidant that oxidises both the aldehyde group (C1) and the terminal primary alcohol group (C6) of glucose to carboxylic acids, giving the dicarboxylic acid glucaric (saccharic)

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Question ID VK-151019