Write the structure of the product obtained when glucose is oxidised with nitric acid.

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When D-glucose is reacted with the oxidizing agent $H N O_{3}$ , it oxidizes the alchohol and aldehyde group of D-glucose to carboxylic acid group leading to the formation of D-glucaric acid.

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Write the structure of the product obtained when glucose is oxidised with nitric acid.

When D-glucose is reacted with the oxidizing agent HNO3, it oxidizes the alchohol and aldehyde group of D-glucose to carboxylic acid group leading to the formation of D-glucaric acid.

When D-glucose is reacted with the oxidizing agent $H N O_{3}$ , it oxidizes the alchohol and aldehyde group of D-glucose to carboxylic acid group leading to the formation of D-glucaric acid.