Glucose on prolonged heating with HI gives compound 'Y '. The number of chiral carbon atoms in 'Y ' is ______ .

Answer

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Explanation

Glucose on prolonged heating with HI gives n-hexane.
`underset("Glocose")(CH _(6) )H _(12) O _(6) overset( "hot HI") to CH _(3) - CH _(2) - CH _(2) underset("n-Hexane")(-CH_(2) -CH _(2) - CH _(2) )`
It does not have any chiral carbon atoms.