(a) What happens when D-glucose is treated with the following reagents :
(i) HI
(ii) conc.
(b) What is the basic structural difference between starch and cellulose ?
(a) D - glucose on reaction with
(i)
HI
(ii)
Conc.
(b) Starch :
Starch is a mixture of two polysaccharides - amylose and amylopectin and is formed from alpha glucose.
Cellulose:
Cellulose is a linear polymer of - D- glucose in which
of one glucose unit and
of next are linked by glycosidic linkages.