q what is the molecular formula of glucose how


Q. What is the molecular formula of glucose? How can its structural formula be explained?

The molecular formula of glucose is C6H12O6.

Structurally glucose is a hexagonal ring formed by five atoms of carbon and one atom of oxygen a hydroxyl radical and a hydrogen atom bind in each carbon of the ring, except for one of the carbons bound to the oxygen of the ring; this carbon binds to a CH2OH radical. Spatial sides of hydroxyl bonds are alternated.

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