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Mobile App Chapter 28: Question 28.56 (page 1149)
Which d-aldopentoses are reduced to optically inactive alditols using ?
Short Answer
Answer
D-ribose and D-xylose are the two d-aldopentose that reduce to optically inactive alditols using .
Step by step solution
Optically inactive compound
The compound is inactive which means it is incapable of rotation of the plane-polarized light of plane, i.e., achiral compound. Aldopentose is a type of sugar that contains the aldehyde group.
D-ribose
D-ribose treated with followed by forms a compound which forms an optically inactive alditol.
Reduction of D-ribose to optically inactive alditol
D-xylose
D-xylose treated with followed by forms a compound which forms an optically inactive alditol.
Reduction of D-xylose to optically inactive alditol
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