Glucose gives a positive silver mirror test with Tollen's reagent. This specifically confirms the pr — Biomolecules Chemistry Question

💡 Solution & Explanation

Tollen's reagent ($[Ag(NH_3)_2]^+$) is a mild oxidizing agent that specifically oxidizes aldehydic groups to carboxylates, getting reduced to metallic silver. This confirms the free or latent aldehydic group in the acyclic form of glucose.