Treatment of D -glucose with aqueous NaOH results in a mixture of monosaccharides, which are

Treatment of D-glucose with aqueous NaOH results in a mixture of monosaccharides, which are

Solution

When glucose is treated with dilute NaOH, it gives a mixture of D-glucose, D-mannose and D-fructose. This reaction is known as Lobry de Bruyn-van Ekenstein rearrangement. Basic catalysed tautomerism through enediol intermediate takes place.

Asked in: JEE Advanced 2022 (Paper 2)

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