In aqueous solution, glucose exists as:

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(D) In an aqueous solution, glucose exists in an equilibrium mixture of its cyclic forms and a small amount of the open-chain form.Specifically, it ex

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In all three forms in equilibrium

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(D) In an aqueous solution, glucose exists in an equilibrium mixture of its cyclic forms and a small amount of the open-chain form.Specifically, it exists as an equilibrium between $\alpha-D$-glucose $(\approx 36 \%)$, $\beta-D$-glucose $(\approx 64 \%)$, and a very small fraction of the open-chain form $(\approx 0.02 \%)$.These forms are interconvertible through a process called mutarotation.

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