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Glucose reacts with acetic anhydride to give a pentaacetate. This indicates that glucose contains

  1. Afive hydroxyl groups
  2. Bfive carboxyl groups
  3. Cfive ether linkages
  4. Dfive carbonyl groups

Answer: A

Each acetyl group replaces the H of one OH group, so five acetyl groups mean five OH groups.
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