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Despite having the aldehyde group, Glucose does not give Schiff's test. This is because

Option: 1

Glucose have five -OH group.


Option: 2

Glucose does not have any carbonyl group.


Option: 3

Carbonyl group is not free in glucose.


Option: 4

None 


Answers (1)

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As we have learnt,

Aldehyde group in D- Glucose is not completely free. It is involved in hemi acetal formation with the hydroxyl group at C-5 to form a cyclic structure as represented in the Haworth projection given below: 

Hence, the correct answer is Option (3)

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