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How do you explain the presence of all the six carbon atoms in glucose in a straight chain?

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When glucose is reduced by heating with HI it given n-Hexane . This show the presence of all the six carbon atoms in a straight chain.
`{:(CHO), (|), ((CHOH)_(4) overset(HI)underset(Delta)(to) CH_(3)-CH_(2)-CH_(2)-CH_(2)-CH_(2)-CH_(3)), (| " " "n-hexane"), (CH_(2)OH), ("glucose"):}`
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