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Q.In reaction OHCH2 - (CHOH)4 - CHO --HI, Δ--> ........... , product is

(a) Fructose
(b) n-hexane
(c) Gluconic acid
(d) None of these
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Glucose + HI (Δ) → n-hexane; strong reduction removes every oxygen function, proving a straight six-carbon chain.

Glucose is an open-chain aldohexose: OHCH2-(CHOH)4-CHO. On heating with hydroiodic acid (HI), a powerful reducing agent, all the hydroxyl (-OH) groups and the aldehyde (-CHO) group are reduced (oxygen functions replaced by hydrogen).

The carbon skeleton is left intact as a straight chain of six carbons:

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