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JEE Advanced 2021 Paper 1 · Chemistry · Biomolecules and Polymers · easy

(s) about biomolecules.

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Select the correct statement(s) about biomolecules.
  1. A. D-Glucose, D-fructose and D-galactose all give the same osazone with excess phenylhydrazine
  2. B. Sucrose is a non-reducing sugar, and the mixture obtained on its hydrolysis is levorotatory
  3. C. α\alpha-D-Glucopyranose and β\beta-D-glucopyranose are enantiomers of each other
  4. D. In a solution whose pH is below the isoelectric point of glycine, glycine migrates toward the anode in an electric field
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Answer: B

(B) is correct. Sucrose links the anomeric carbons of glucose and fructose through a glycosidic bond, so it has no free hemiacetal group and is non-reducing. Its hydrolysis gives an equimolar glucose (dextrorotatory, +52.5∘+52.5^\circ) and fructose (strongly levorotatory, −92.4∘-92.4^\circ) mixture whose net rotation is negative, so the invert sugar is levorotatory. (A) is wrong: glucose and fructose give the same osazone (and so does mannose), but galactose differs at C-4 and gives a different osazone. (C) is wrong: the α\alpha and β\beta forms of D-glucopyranose differ only at C-1, so they are diastereomers (anomers), not enantiomers. (D) is wrong: at a pH below its isoelectric point, glycine is protonated to a cation and migrates toward the cathode, not the anode.
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