What is the product obtained when $\mathrm{Br}_{2}$ water reacts with glucose?
What is the product obtained when $\mathrm{Br}_{2}$ water reacts with glucose?
- Gluconic acid
- Saccharic acid
- 1, 6- dibromo glucose
- Bromohexane
Solution
When glucose is treated with bromine water, it undergoes oxidation, forming gluconic acid. (In this aldehydic group is oxidized to carboxylic acid).
Asked in: MHT CET 2020 (16 Oct Shift 2)
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