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MHT CET · Chemistry · Aldehydes and Ketones

Glucose gives silver mirror with ammoniacal silver nitrate because it has

  1. A aldehyde group
  2. B ester group
  3. C ketone group
  4. D alcoholic silver nitrate
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(A) aldehyde group

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Glucose gives silver mirror with ammoniacal silver nitrate because of presence of \(-\) CHO group (aldehyde group) in the structure of glucose.
\(
\mathrm{CH}_{2} \mathrm{OH}(\mathrm{CHOH})_{4} \mathrm{CHO}+\mathrm{Ag}_{2} \mathrm{O}
\)