Consider the following chemical transformations of D-glucose: I. D-glucose n-hexane II. D-glucose Gluconic acid III. D-glucose Saccharic acid The correct sequence of reagents required to carry out transformations I, II, and III respectively is:

Step-by-step solution

Prolonged heating of D-glucose with HI reduces all oxygen-containing groups, yielding n-hexane. This corresponds to transformation I. Reaction of D-glucose with a mild oxidizing agent like Br ₂ water selectively oxidizes the aldehyde group to a carboxylic acid, yielding gluconic acid. This corresponds to transformation II. Reaction of D-glucose with a strong oxidizing agent like HNO ₃ oxidizes both the aldehyde and the primary alcohol groups to carboxylic acids, yielding the dicarboxylic acid, saccharic acid. This