10points! Just guessing-- How would be the oxidation of glucose by NO₃⁻
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10points! Just guessing-- How would be the oxidation of glucose by NO₃⁻

[From: ] [author: ] [Date: 12-05-20] [Hit: ]
getting oxalic acid is probably disadvantageous, as the carbon is still not fully oxidized.......
I've just seen that some anaerobic bacteria use NO₃⁻ as an oxidising agent:
NO₃⁻ --> NO₂⁻

And I've aerobic glucose oxidation equation:
6O2 + C6H12O6 ---> 6CO2 + 6H2O


Now I wonder what would be the products of C6H12O6 + NO₃⁻ ?

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Oxalic acid is sometimes produced by treating sucrose with nitric acid. I guess this also produces nitrites or nitroxides as a side product. I think the same procedure would work with pure glucose. This does, however, not necessarily correspond to the products in bacteria, as all the reactions there are enzyme catalyzed; from a biologic point of view, getting oxalic acid is probably disadvantageous, as the carbon is still not fully oxidized.
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