Question

Glucose on prolonged heating with $HI$ gives:

• A. hexanoic acid
• B. iodohexanal
• C. n-hexane
• D. 1-hexene

Answer 1

The correct option is C n-hexane

Glucose on prolonged heating with $HI$ produces n-hexane.

$\stackrel{(\stackrel{CHO}{\stackrel{|}{C}H}OH{)}_4}{\stackrel{|}{C}{H}_{2}O}H\stackrel{hotHI}{\to }C{H}_3-C{H}_2-C{H}_2-C{H}_2-C{H}_2-C{H}_3$

Glucose n- Hexane