Question

For osazone formation, the effective structural unit necessary is

Answer 1

For the formation of osazone, the effective structural unit necessary is (b).

• Osazones refers to a class of carbohydrate derivatives that are found in organic chemistry.

• They are formed when sugar reacts with an excess of phenylhydrazine at boiling temperature.

• The osazone reaction was used to identify aldose sugars differing in a configuration only at the alpha-carbon.