Solved: A hexose was obtained after (+)-glyceraldehyde underwent three successive
Chapter 20, Problem 46(choose chapter or problem)
A hexose was obtained after (+)-glyceraldehyde underwent three successive KilianiFischer syntheses. Identify the hexose from the following experimentalinformation: oxidation with nitric acid forms an optically active aldaric acid; a Wohl degradation followed by oxidation with nitric acid forms anoptically inactive aldaric acid; and a second Wohl degradation forms erythrose.
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