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Q D-erythrose is treated in different beakers with
1)HNO3 forming A
2)Br2/H2O forming B

a)Comment on optical activity of A,B
b)A dicarboxylic acid .T/F
c)B forms lactone . T/F

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Debotosh.. ·

show me the structure of d-erythrose,,,i donot know what the hell that is !
(1) looks to be a variant of killiani fischer and (2) is ruff degradation !

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eureka123 ·

ya it is the same thing...kiilian fischer and ruff.....
but i too dont have structure....and i also couldnt understand both these methods..

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Debotosh.. ·

this is the structure

for A ----step up by 1 carbon
for B-----step down by 1 carbon....simple stuff [4]

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eureka123 ·

taht step up step down thing is clear...but i always place OH and H group on wrong side....like OH on left side and H on rite side .......plz help..

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