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Sucrose when boiled with dilute HCl gives two functional isomers X and Y. X gives monocarboxylic acid with bromine water but not Y. The number of --OH groups in cyclic structure of X is

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Glucose in cyclic form has 5 --OH groups; the aldehyde group gets oxidized in reactions with bromine water.
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The Correct Option is C

Solution and Explanation

Sucrose hydrolyzes to glucose and fructose. Glucose, being an aldose, reacts with bromine water. In its cyclic structure (pyranose form), glucose contains five hydroxyl (--OH) groups.
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