Organic Chemistry (8th Edition)
Organic Chemistry (8th Edition)
8th Edition
ISBN: 9780134042282
Author: Paula Yurkanis Bruice
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 20, Problem 56P
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The method to determine which bottle contains D-lyxose is to be stated.

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Dilute nitric acid is a strong oxidizing agent.  It is used to oxidize aldehydes and primary alcohol.  When both aldehyde and the primary alcohol group of aldoses are oxidized, then the product obtained is known as aldaric acid.

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Name an aldohexose other than d-glucose that is oxidized to d-glucaric acid by nitric acid. a. What is another name for d-glucaric acid? b. Name another pair of aldohexoses that are oxidized to identical aldaric acids.
Identify the sugar in each description. a. An aldopentose that is not d-arabinose forms d-arabinitol when it is reduced with NaBH4. b. A sugar that is not D-altrose forms d-altraric acid when it is oxidized with nitric acid. c. A ketose that, when reduced with NaBH4, forms d-altritol and d-allitol.
When D-glucose is reduced with sodium borohydride,optically active glucitol results but when optically D-galactose is reduced ,the product is inactive why?

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