Question:

What is the product when glucose reacts with bromine water?

Updated On: Mar 27, 2025
  • Gluconic acid
  • Glyceraldehyde
  • Saccharic acid
  • Oxime
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The Correct Option is A

Solution and Explanation

When glucose reacts with bromine water, it undergoes oxidation. The bromine water (which contains Br₂) oxidizes the aldehyde group of glucose to a carboxylic acid group, resulting in the formation of gluconic acid.

  • Gluconic acid is the product formed when the aldehyde group (–CHO) in glucose is oxidized to a carboxyl group (–COOH).
  • This reaction occurs under mild conditions with bromine water, and no further oxidation occurs to form more complex products like saccharic acid.

Thus, the correct product is Gluconic acid (Option A).

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