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Glucose cannot react with

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a

HCN

b

NH2-OH

c

AgNH32+

d

NaHSO3

answer is D.

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Glucose cannot react with weak carbonyl reagents like schiff's reagent,NH3,NaHSO3;This fact cannot be explained by open chain structure but can be explained by its hemi acetal structure(ring structure);These reagents cannot open up the the ring structure or in other words they cannot increase the the percentage of open structure in the equilibrium mixture containing α-D-glucose≈36%,β-D-glucose≈64% and open chain form≈0.5% ;
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