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Give the major and minor product when glucose is reduced with Cone. HI/P.

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Solution :On reduction with CONCENTRATED HI and red phosphorus at 373K, GLUCOSE gives a mixture of n hexane and 2, iodohexane indicating that the six carbon atoms are bonded LINEARLY.
`"Glucose "overset(HI//P)underset(327K)rarrCH_(3)(--CH_2--)_(4)underset("Major PRODUCT")underset("n-hexane")(CH_(3)+CH_2)(--CH_2--)_(3)underset("Minor product")underset("2-iodohexane")underset(I)underset(|)(CH)-CH_(3)`


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