You have 100 grams of nearly pure beta-D-glucopyranose.
You dissolve this in an ethanol/water mixture with the intent to recrystallize the sugar. You get back 60 grams of pure beta-D-glucopyranose crystals.
Choose the answer that best describes why this ~40% loss was guaranteed to happen.
Select one:
a. cyclization
b. lab technique
c. reduction (reducing sugar)
d. epimerization
e. mutarotation
