When glucose reacts with bromine water, the main product is

When glucose reacts with bromine water, the main product is
  1. acetic acid
  2. saccharic acid
  3. glyceraldehyde
  4. gluconic acid

Solution

When glucose react with bromine water, then it undergoes oxidation reaction to form glucoinc acid as a product. The reaction is as follows: \(\mathrm{CH}_2 \mathrm{OH}(\mathrm{CHOH})_4 \mathrm{CHO}+[\mathrm{O}] \xrightarrow[\mathrm{CH}_2 \mathrm{OH}(\mathrm{CHOH})_4 \mathrm{COOH}]{\mathrm{Br}_2 / \mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{O}}\) Hence, the correct option is (d).

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2020 (21 Sep Shift 2)

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