Example 1 · difficulty 3/5
Complete acetylation of glucose with acetic anhydride gives glucose pentaacetate. Taken together with the molecular formula C₆H₁₂O₆ and its behaviour as an aldohexose, this observation establishes that glucose contains:
- A. five –OH groups, one of which is a primary alcoholic –CH₂OH group, along with one aldehyde group
- B. six hydroxyl groups and no carbonyl group
- C. five hydroxyl groups and one ketonic group
- D. five ether linkages formed on a fully open-chain skeleton