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Suryaprakash posted an Question
December 04, 2020 • 22:34 pm 30 points
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Please answer the following?

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    Anup Padwal

    D. none because glucose+ HCN forms Gluco cyanohydrin. after hydrolysis forms intermediate compound of seven carbon. After reduction with HI it will forms Heptanoic acid.

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    Priyanshu kumar best-answer

    This is an example of Kiliani's synthesis. In this reaction, glucose reacts with hydrogen cyanide to form glucose cyanohydrin, which upon hydrolysis and reduction with hydriodic acid, (in presence of red phosphorous) produces heptanoic acid.  This results in an increase in chain length by one carbon atom. 

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