1
-D-glucose and -D-glucose are
- epimers
- anomers
- enantiomers
- diastereomers
Answer
(2) anomers
Solution
α-D-glucose and β-D-glucose are the two cyclic (pyranose) forms of D-glucose; they differ only in the configuration of the –OH group at C1, the anomeric (hemiacetal) carbon.
∵ As per NCERT, such isomers, i.e. the α-form and the β-form, are called anomers.
Answer: (2)
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