28. Carbohydrates
Monosaccharides - Ruff Degradation
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Problem 23-59c
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Textbook Question(c) Sugar X is known to be a d-aldohexose. On oxidation with HNO3, X gives an optically inactive aldaric acid. When X is degraded to an aldopentose, oxidation of the aldopentose gives an optically active aldaric acid. Determine the structure of X.
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