An initial step in the biosynthesis of glucose C 6 H 12 O 6 is the carboxylation

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An initial step in the biosynthesis of glucose C6H12O6 is the carboxylation of pyruvic acid CH3COCOOH to form oxaloacetic acid HOOCCOCH2COOH

CH3COCOOH(s) + CO2(g) → HOOCCOCH2COOH(s)

If you knew nothing else about the intervening reactions involved in glucose biosynthesis other than no further carboxylations occur, what volume of CO2 is required to produce 1.10 g of glucose? Assume P = 1 atm and T = 298.K.

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Physical Chemistry

ISBN: 978-0321812001

3rd edition

Authors: Thomas Engel, Philip Reid

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