JEE Main Chemistry question

Glucose reacts with methyl alcohol to give:

(A)-methyl glucoside
(B)-methyl glucoside
(C)Both (a) and (b)Correct
(D)None of these

Answer: (C)

Solution

In the presence of dry HCl, the anomeric hydroxyl of glucose reacts with methanol to form a mixture of the - and -methyl glucosides (acetals at C1), since the

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