Mucic acid test – Principle, Procedure, Result
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Mucic acid test tests for lactose and galactose. The sugar is transformed into carboxylic acid using hot nitric acid. In order to produce dicarboxylic acids, aldoses are oxidized on each end of the open ring form. Chain fragmentation triggers ketoses to oxidize and produce a range of dicarboxylic acid. Galactraric acid (mucic acid) created by … Read more