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Treatment of (+)- glucose with HIO_(4) gives results that confirm its aldohexose structure. What product should be formed, and how much HIO_(4) should be consumed.

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Solution :SINCE in glucose there are five `-Oll` GROUPS so five moles of `HlO_(4)` are consumed giving main product FORMIC ACID and formaldehyde as shown below :
`"Glucose"+5HlO_(4) to 5HCOOH+HCHO`.


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