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Unlike glucose, neither `alpha` nor `beta`-methyl glucoside reduces Tollens' reagent or Fehling solution. Why?

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Glucose is reducing in nature due to the presnece of open chain aldehydic form in equilibrium with cyclic isomers.
Glycoside Cyclic acetal formed by reaction between glucose & `CH_(3)OH`. It exists in two anomeric forms (`alpha` & `beta`). These are stable towards bases & are not hydrolyzed in fehling or Tollen's reagent.
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