JEE Main Chemistry question

How many moles of acetic anhydride will be consumed by one mole of glucose?

Answer: 5

Solution

Glucose, in its stable cyclic (pyranose) form, has five groups available for acetylation (four ring hydroxyls plus the anomeric

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