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It is best to carry out reactions with sugars in neutral or acid medium and not in alkaline medium. This is because in alkaline medium sugars undergo one of the following changes

A

Racemisation

B

Decomposition

C

Inversion

D

Rearrangement

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C, D
Dilute solution of glucose, in the presence of sodium hydroxide, is converted into almost optically inactive solution. The rearrangement occurs through enol.
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