Organic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781936221349
Author: Marc Loudon, Jim Parise
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
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Chapter 24, Problem 24.33P
Interpretation Introduction

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The product(s) obtained when cellulose is treated first exhaustively with dimethyl sulfate/NaOH, then with 1M aqueous HCl are to be stated.

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The hydrolysis of the disaccharides is done in the presence of an acid which acts as a catalyst. The hydrolysis of the disaccharide breaks the glycosidic linkage to give two monosaccharide units. Glycosidic linkage is linkage present between two monosaccharide units and this linkage gets hydrolyzed in the presence of an acidic solution.

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