Sugars can be transformed into some other derivatives using different types of reagents inducing oxidizing and reducing
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Sugars can be transformed into some other derivatives using different types of reagents inducing oxidizing and reducing agents.
a) How you form sugar alcohols and sugar acids? Write 2 model reactions with any sugar and reagent that you pick.
b) In the monosaccharide derivatives known as sugar alcohols, the carbonyl oxygen is reduced to a hydroxyl group. For example, D-glyceraldehyde can be reduced to glycerol. However, this sugar alcohol is no longer designated D or L. Why?
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