It is best to carry out reactions with sugars in neutral or acid medium and not in alkaline medium. This is because in alkaline medium sugars undergo one of the following changes
A
Racemisation
B
Rearrangement
C
Inversion
DBoth $(b)$ and $(c)$
AIIMS 1982, Medium
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DBoth $(b)$ and $(c)$
d As sugars contains carbonyl group which can be enolize by the -OH of alkaline medium. i.e it there may enolization can occurs Hence rearrangement may possible
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Assertion :Disruption of the natural structure of a protein is called denaturation.
Reason : The change in colour and appearance of egg during cooking is due to denaturation