Salicin is a natural analgesic present in the bark of willow trees, and it has been used

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Salicin is a natural analgesic present in the bark of willow trees, and it has been used for thousands of years to treat pain and reduce fevers.

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(a) Is salicin a reducing sugar?

(b) Identify the products obtained when salicin is hydrolyzed in the presence of an acid.

(c) Is salicin an α-glycoside or a β-glycoside?

(d) Draw the major product expected when salicin is treated with excess acetic anhydride in the presence of pyridine.

(e) Would you expect salicin to exhibit mutarotation when dissolved in neutral water?

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Organic Chemistry

ISBN: 978-0470917800

1st edition

Authors: David R. Klein

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