Question:
What type of product forms in the intramolecular reaction between the aldehyde portion of the glucose molecule below and its C-5 hydroxyl group?
a. disaccharide
b. carboxylic acid
c. hemiacetal
d. ester
e. stereoisomer
Answer:
hemiacetal forms in the intramolecular reaction between the aldehyde portion of the glucose molecule and its C-5 hydroxyl group
Explanation:
It is an alcohol also an ether that has been attached to the carbon molecule. Here the hydrogen has occupied the fourth bonding position. This hemiacetal has been derived from the aldehyde. Hence, hemiketal being an alcohol as well as ether has been attached to the same carbon and also to the two other carbon.
