Question

Complete hydrolysis of cellulose gives

• A. D-fructose
• B. D-ribose
• C. D-glucose
• D. L-glucose

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

D-glucose

Answer 2

The correct answer Option C) D-glucose

Partial hydrolysis of cellulose gives the disaccharide cellobiose $({{C}_{12}}{{H}_{22}}{{O}_{11}})$ . Cellobiose resembles maltose (which on acid catalyzed hydrolysis yields two molar equivalents of $D-$ glucose) in every respect except one: the configuration of its glycosidic linkage.

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