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Q.How is glucose prepared by commercial method? How is peptide linkage formed?

Maharashtra MsbshseMaharashtra HSC (MSBSHSE) Board 2019Subjective· 3mImportance★★★★★
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Starch hydrolysis (dilute acid, heat/pressure) gives glucose commercially; peptide bonds form via amide condensation between amino acids.

Commercial preparation of glucose: Starch is hydrolysed by boiling with dilute sulphuric acid (about 2–3%) at 393 K under pressure for a few hours:

(C6H10O5)n+nH2O→393K, pressuredil. H2SO4n C6H12O6(C_6H_{10}O_5)_n + nH_2O \xrightarrow[393K,\ pressure]{dil.\ H_2SO_4} n\,C_6H_{12}O_6

The resulting solution is neutralised, decolourised with activated charcoal, filtered, and concentrated to crystallise glucose. (Industrially, enzymatic hydrolysis using diastase followed by maltase is also used.)

Peptide linkage formation: A peptide (amide) linkage forms by a condensation reaction between the α\alpha-carboxyl group (−COOH-COOH) of one amino acid and the α\alpha-amino group (−NH2-NH_2) of another, with elimination of a water molecule, producing the −CO−NH−-CO-NH- linkage:

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