Which of the following statements is not true about glucose?

Options

A. It is an aldohexose
B. On heating with HI it forms n-hexane
C. It is present in furanose form
D. It does not give 2, 4-DNP test

Answer

C

Explanation

Glucose is a aldohexose having structural formula

Glucose on heating with HI produces n hexane
`C_6 H_(12) O_6 overset(HI)to C_6 H_(14)`
Glucose does not give 2, 4, DNP test due to its existence as cyclic structure shown below –

It is present in pyranose form, as shown below


Pyranose means pyran (membered ring containing oxygen) like structure.