Determination of ring size of glucose usingHIO4
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HIO4 is a stong oxidising agent
It oxidises the C-C bond by breaking the bond and adding OH to both side
so by calculating the moles of HIO4 required we can determine that in glucose there is 5 C-C bond or it contains 6 Carbon
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