When dry crystalline glucose is dissolved in water, the molecule undergoes a structural rearrangement. What is the predominant form of glucose in solution?
Q1. When dry crystalline glucose is dissolved in water, the molecule undergoes a structural rearrangement. What is the predominant form of glucose in solution?
Answer: Glucopyranose ring form
Explanation: In aqueous solutions, glucose forms a pyranose ring. The open-chain form is rare in solution, and furanose is typically for five-membered rings.