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Comparing the solubility of glucaric acid and mucic acid
Why is glucaric acid soluble in water but not mucic acid? The chemical formulae seem to be the same so why is it that one is more soluble than the other?
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Oxidation of hydroxyl groups of glucose
In all oxidation reactions of glucose, it seems that the aldehyde group alone gets oxidised and none of the hydroxyl groups. In one reaction with nitric acid, the aldehyde group and the terminal hydro …
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Hydrogen bonding in sugar acids
I recently learnt that the reason for low solubility of mucic acid as compared to glucaric acid was more hydrogen bonding in the crystal state of mucic acid as compared to glucaric acid.
I would lik …