Acetylation of glucose needs x moles of acetic anhydride. The value of x is:

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Solution

The correct option is B 5
Glucose contains $1$ primary and $4$ secondary alcoholic groups which get acetylated by $5$ acetate groups.

As evident from the image, for one molecule of glucose, we need 5 molecules of acetic anhydride.

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