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When octa -O- methyl D- cellobiose is hy...

When octa `-O-` methyl `D-` cellobiose is hydrolyzed by aqueous acid, two `O-` methylated glucose derivative are formed. One is a tetramethyl derivative, and the other is a trimethyl derivative. Whyd is a single methyl substituent lost in this process ?

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