NEET UG CHEMISTRY MCQ: BIOMOLECULES

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α-D-glucose and β-D-glucose have a specific rotation of +112° and +19° respectively. In aqueous solution the rotation becomes +52°. This process is called :

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Correct option: C

Mutarotation

Option C (Mutarotation) is correct because mutarotation is the change in optical rotation because of the change in the equilibrium between two anomers, when the corresponding stereocenters interconvert.

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