JEE Main · 2020 · Shift-ImediumBIO-053

Which of the following statement is not true for glucose?

Biomolecules · Class 12 · JEE Main Previous Year Question

Question

Which of the following statement is not true for glucose?

Options
  1. a

    Glucose exists in two crystalline forms α\alpha and β\beta

  2. b

    Glucose gives Schiff’s\text{Schiff's} test for aldehyde

  3. c

    Glucose reacts with hydroxylamine to form oxime

  4. d

    The pentaacetate of glucose does not react with hydroxylamine to give oxime

Correct Answerb

Glucose gives Schiff’s\text{Schiff's} test for aldehyde

Detailed Solution

Step 1: Glucose Anomers — Glucose is known to exist in two crystalline forms, α\alpha and β\beta, which differ at the anomeric carbon (C1).

Step 2: Chemical Reactivity — Glucose reacts with hydroxylamine to give an oxime, but its pentaacetate does not because the hemiacetal is locked.

Step 3: Not-True Statement — Despite being an aldohexose, glucose fails the standard Schiff’s test\text{Schiff's test} for aldehydes. This is because the aldehyde group is only present in a tiny fraction of the open-chain form in equilibrium.

Remember: Schiff's test failure is one of the key pieces of evidence for the cyclic structure of glucose.

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