superhero1219

Thanks for the reply! So in the case of the quiz question the answer would be an open chain with a carboxylic acid on one end?

We had a quiz and I got one of the questions wrong and it had to do with the Tollen's test. I missed the lecture on this topic and my book doesn't do a very good job of explaining it. I've posted the question followed by the general equation for the test, which I understand. It converts an aldehyde to a carboxylic acid. The problem I'm having is applying it to something that's in a chair conformation... there is no aldehyde. Can someone show me what the product would be and explain why?

I was asked to write the mechanism for a molecule that has an aldehyde group and 2 OH groups in acidic conditions. I'm a bit lost. I will try to link to a picture of what I'm talking about (not sure if it'll work)... http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t305/superhero1219/shared/ochem-1.jpg The original assignment is in blue. The work I've shown under the assignment is what I think the answer would be if the right side of the molecule wasn't there. If I've made any mistakes, please let me know. I have no clue how to write the mechanism for the full molecule with the 2 OH groups. Can anyone get me started?