medium · MCAT chem-phys
When glucose undergoes mutarotation in aqueous solution, which of the following occurs?
- The ring opens and closes, allowing interconversion between the α and β anomers.
- The open-chain aldehyde interconverts with L-glucose via epimerization at C-2.
- Glucose is oxidized by Tollens' reagent, a separate oxidizing agent, to gluconic acid.
- The molecule undergoes an acid-catalyzed dehydration reaction to form a new cyclic disaccharide bond.
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