a. When treated with sodium borohydride, D-glucose is converted into an alditol.
a. When treated with sodium borohydride, D-glucose is converted into an alditol. Draw the structure of
the alditol.
b. When D-galactose is heated in the presence of nitric acid, an optically inactive compound is obtained.
Draw the structure of the product and explain why it is optically inactive.
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