Alcohol, Phenol and EtherHard

Question

Which one of the statements about HOH₂CCH(OH)CHO is not correct ? It

Options

A.is an isomer of 1,3-dihydroxypropanone

B.contains a tertiary alcoholic group

C.has the same empirical formula as glucose

D.can show optical isomerism

Solution

It has 1^o and 2^o alcoholic group, but not 3^o

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