Open Chain Structure

Assertion: Glucose reacts with hydroxylamine to form an oxime and alsoadds a molecule of hydrogen cyanide to give cyanohydrin. Reason: The carbonyl group is present in the open chain structure of glucose.

(i) Write one reaction of D-Glucose which cannot be explained by its open chain structure. (ii) What type of linkage is present in Nucleic acids ? (iii) Give one example each for water-soluble vitamins and fat-soluble vitamins ?

The number of open chain structural isomers possible for C_(4)H_(6)

The number of open chain structural isomers possible formul C_(5)H_(8) is

Total number of open chain structural alcohols and ethers corresponding to molecular formula _(4)H_(10)O is :-

Branched chain structure is shown by